Just wanted to comment on WinDVD 9 and it's features. I started watching some of my normal DVD's with WinDVD 9 and upscaling it, and using the smartstrech to 16.9 and all those kinds of features and man does it look good. Obviously it's not perfect since your streching it and changing it, but overall it seems like a pretty good ripped HD movie.
Got rid of PowerDVD, i believe WinDVD 9 is better now for those features, its ease of use, and the better looking program.