The Laseracitive does not have superior AV out for laserdisc playback. It has a video signal to noise ratio of about 48 dB which is terrible for home theater laserdisc playback if you take the stuff even remotely serious.
Question about this, if you don't mind me borrowing the thread for a bit 
Most of the players I've seen, where I've been able to actually dig up a picture to noise ratio number*, have been around 48. What is the lowest number one should be looking for to get a decent visual experience, and which players achieves this?
* Rarely seems to be mentioned in spec sheets/manuals/reviews etc
Edit: Post 666 ohgod etc
48db and below were basically commonplace for lower end players to composite able only industrial player decks during the late 80s on up. There are actually players with worse signal to noise ratio then that even. For optimal home theater use I really would not use a player with anything below 49db signal-to-noise ratio for the picture. If you just have to settle for 48db then I would only want a player with really solid construction like an industrial deck. Usually the older higher end composite only players from like 1989 start at 49db at least and go up. If you are willing to throw down some real money you can get players that are capable of 51db signal-to-noise ratio. 48db signal-to-noise ratio itself was only considered high end back in like 1986 back when the LD-S1 was released, but a lot started to change a few years later because as Tv's were getting better they were working to improve video playback more on VHS and LD players to keep up.
Off the top of my head, if dual side playback is a must but you wanted to save cash, a good lower budget dual side player the CLD-2080 was workable as its picture quality was good for composite only. If your tv has a capable comb filter it can do pretty well with that player. There are other cheap dual side players just as capable too so you will just have to look around, but you can get one for under $150 shipped usually. If dual side playback is not a needed feature for you the single side players by Panasonic run cheap as hell and support s-video out and typically have a 49db to 50db signal-to-noise ratio.
The Panasonic LX 120 is a good single side player in fact that you can usually get off ebay for $70 and cheaper shipped. The picture had some grain in the image but the player handled line dropouts and other issues rather well (the slight grain actually gave some lds a more natural film look). In fact it was one of the few players I owned that could handle Ministry's In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up perfectly fine. Both Quoth09 and myself owned that disc and either disc would exhibit issues on other players, line dropouts and other crap, even on higher end players.
If you plan to spend real money on the stuff then really what you'd need to do is shop around and try to dig up old reviews for the players that are peaking your interest. Sometimes the laserdisc archive will have the full specs listed or reviews posted, but don't always count on it. Also you will probably find that stuff like the higher end Marantz and RCA players were actually decent Pioneer mid-end players rebadged or with new front panels and remotes. It really helps to dig around as you can learn quite a bit, but I only suggest it if you are going to go full on and take it seriously. If so it can be rewarding because there really is a lot of really great films on LD that were offered in special editions or letterbox, etc. Plus you get access to all the great animation released on LD.
If you're just going to be that casual movie buyer who doesn't care if he is just buying pan&scan copies of films though, then really you are not going to care what player you plan to use in the end so you would be wasting your time. Also, I'm not even going to get into the whole laserrot issue. You can google about that. Just be aware that most Discovision disc are rotted and most anything manufactured by Sony will probably have issues. 3M also made some bad disc too so just be mindful. Google it for further details.
EDIT:
Concerning Zetas remark:
In the end though, its not the SNR that makes the better players better.
It actually really does help. It makes a world of difference when you take a disc like the US release of Richard Stanleys Hardware and toss it in a player that is only able to do something like 48db, then toss it in a player that can do better. The picture quality is pretty bad with that disc on lower end players, especially at the beginning where the wasteland scenes are involved, and it cleans up rather well in better players that even just have composite only as long as they surpass 48db. That was one of the few disc I owned that I cared to test on all the players I had because it really showed a players weakness rather fast after I was done doing general calibration settings.
If you are curious how that wasteland scene looks in Hardware:
That link has the beginning of the film where the scene takes place. The scavenger roaming the desert wasteland and finds the Mark 13. On the US LD version of it, playing it on anything with 48db made that scene almost unbearable (players like the LD-V4200 or CLD-V2800). Playing it on anything better made it more bearable and closer to the image quality of the German DVD release.
