I've heard rumors that some move archival enthusiasts have developed Laserdisc capture hardware which samples RF directly off the laser pickup, for theoretically-ideal capture quality. Anyone know if there's any truth to that, and how to get in touch with such a person if so?
That doesn't seem sensible, though. If it's possible to get a "sample good/no-good" signal from the pickup, then surely at least the capturing can be done now, and what amounts to the SDR end of things to convert the raw signal to an image can be done later, yes?