snorg wrote:

Yeah I know I could get better copies by getting the Criterion Laserdisc collection but I really don't want another thing to have to maintain.

You could always pick up the 2006 DVD releases, which have a transfer of the Laserdisc version of each film on the second DVD.

The quality should be /marginally/ better than dubbing VHS tapes to DVD, and you won't need any additional hardware.