Although intended for a completly different purpose, Kinovea is a nice tool for being able to compare 2 videos side-by-side easily.
Unfortunately, it's currently Windows-only, but thanks to its Free Software license it can be used, studied shared - and improved - without artificial restrictions
For professional digitization of analog material, this is sometimes quite handy.
It allows to align 2 recordings of the same material, then synchronize their start and run them side by side.