This should be a sticky it is asked so often. I do this all of the time with movies I rent. Have also used the Netflixs but renting is better for me. I watch movies on either my laptop or PDA (IPAQ). The following works great.

Here is what I use to break the DVD copy protection: http://www.slysoft.com/en/anydvd.html

To Copy from DVD to Hard Drive (into DIVX format) http://www.intervideo.com/jsp/InterV...py_Profile.jsp

To compress for Pocket PC
http://divx.ppccool.com/langue.php?l...850ebbcdceeb4e

Pocket PC movie player
http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about

Laptop movie player. Also good site to learn about the DIVX (avi) format http://www.divx.com/divx/player/