I think it is an advantage to have the original records. We will be able to decipher records ourselves. We are familiar with names in our own family so will be less likely to make the same mistake the transcribers made. As an example, I needed to know who an oldest son was. I paid for a record and found the first name to be Roderick. That name certainly did not run in my family. On a trip to Ireland, I was able to check the filmed record at the National Library and could see the name was Patrick. I had earlier decided this was not my family because the name Roderick was not used in my family, but when I saw the name was really Patrick, I was able to determine, this family WAS part of my extended family. I tend to think that original records are always better than transcribed records so I for one am really pleased that the digitized filmed records are what we will be able to read.