Yeah. The fast forward on LD's was much, much better than dvd. And the CLV discs (the ones that were only 1/2 hour per side) had remarkable abilities. I had a disk with something like 50,000 pictures of airplanes. Again, pre-divorce. Never did see them all...
Still, DVD is, much better for lots of practical reasons, not the least of which is size and portability.
And you can now watch an entire movie on DVD without going from side a to side b.