first laserdisc I ever saw was a flyover demo of some sort on my neighbors new laserdisc player. First rented/watched movie at home was Raiders of the Lost Ark on VHS....
When I was adult enough to make my own pruchases, I made sure it was Bladerunner on DVD. But as it turned out the transfer SUCKED, so it looked just as bad as a scratchy VHS.

Yep, I have a copy of that sucktacular version of that movie. Not only was the transfer bad, but they pillarboxed it too (black bars on top, bottom, left and right) for some reason. I think they were compensating for overscan, but they way overcompensated.
The new "Final Cut" transfer is pretty amazing. They cleaned up all versions of the film (US original, International Original, directors cut, and new "final" cut, as well as the workprint that's only been shown in a few theaters) and it looks outstanding. Theres also a BD and HD-DVD version that I've not seen.