Copying LaserDiscs To DVD?

SBECK asks: "Now that DVD writers are on the market (and are actually becoming affordable), I've been thinking of getting one with the hopes of 'backing up' all my LaserDiscs. I've got quite a collection of LaserDiscs and would like to make sure that I'll always be able to play them in case LaserDiscs go the way of the betamax and I'm not able to replace my LaserDisc player. So, I get a huge hard disk, a video capture card, a DVD RAM, and some software to MPEG encode the video. Am I going to be able to burn a DVD with approximately the same video quality as the original laserdisc? Will I have any problems creating a DVD that I can then play in any standard DVD player? Any suggestions on hardware/software combinations? Any gotchas I should know about?"