Nick,
 
The new remastered, Singin' in the Rain, is fantastic.  It's out & well
worth it. Try a general laser disc site that will lead to reviews such as.
 
http://www.ping.be/~ping1439/laserrel.html
 
Stephen
 
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At 11:06 PM 11/18/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I have the opportunity to pick up a number of movies that I am interested
>in on laser disc.  My question is: how do you find out about the quality of
>the disc / transfer, particularly when there are competing versions.  For
>instance, there is an old Criterion Singing in the Rain, but I seem to
>recall they remastered the movie fairly recently - should I wait for a disc
>of the re-release?  Etc.
>
>Is there are a good guide or source of reviews on the quality of particular
>laserdiscs?
>
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