Thanks a lot for the info, wmgan! I don't even have DVD ripping software yet, though, so anything you (or anyone else) would recommend? I'm not looking for anything really fancy (or expensive), just something that would accomplish this SW anamorphic goal with relative ease.
Yeah, when I say novice, I really mean it LOL This is all new to me and I had no real interest in it until now...but thanks to people like you, wmgan, with the more I learn, the more interested in it I become!