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Turn your PC into the ultimate DVD changer
The good folks over at Lifehacker have a nifty step-by-step tutorial on how to easily rip your [non-HD] DVDs to your PC. While the back-up files provide nice insurance in case anything ever happens to your original discs, more compellingingly, they make it even easier never to leave your couch.

The good folks over at Lifehacker have a nifty step-by-step tutorial on how to easily rip your [non-HD] DVDs to your PC. While the back-up files provide nice insurance in case anything ever happens to your original discs, more compellingingly, they make it even easier never to leave your couch. Rip all your DVDs to your PC, make a simple tweak to Windows Media Center, and voila, your entire DVD collection is available through your Xbox 360, or other Media Center extender (that last part requires some extra work, which you can learn about here).