Is this show good by modern standards?

The only way for you to find out is to watch. I didn't catch it in its original run either. Started watching it in reruns around 2003. My wife and I both enjoyed it then. But no one but you can tell you what you'll like.

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Im watching through it for the first time and really enjoying it. Bought the Mill Creek set on dvd a few weeks back, should have sprung for the bluray version instead.

Great show, still holds up today, it's a shame that it ended on sort of a cliffhanger, I think they were hoping for a season 6 but it got cancelled, same with the A-Team. Nice to see Scott Bakula on NCIS New Orleans, Dean Stockwell appeared in one episode too.

Quantum Leap isn't really a scifi show. That's just the gimmick. This is a people show about human stories, human drama. As such, it's relatively timeless. And because of its ever shifting timeframes, it never feels dated.

I found this show funny and enjoyable.

Two years old, so you've obviously decided whether to watch it or not.

But, to give my opinion, it still holds up a lot today but it finds it's footing from about season 3. The first season was only about 9 episodes, and though the episodes aren't bad, a lot of them are fairly weak compared to later seasons. Season 2 is an improvement, and season 3 is where it really came together as a decent show. So, it might be worth remembering that if you're discovering it for the first time, or binge watching it.

In the first season, it felt like they assumed the fans watching would be similar sort of fans that watched Star Trek. But it got less 'science fictiony' after those ones. That's probably the best way to explain it, without spoiling anything.