I'll give him the benefit of the doubt - my roommate had all his movies on his computer in iPod format so he could put it on his iPod and plug that into the TV, rather than carrying around an enormous DVD collection (and I mean enormous - this guy had 2 and a half terabytes worth of movies that were on average 1-1.5 gigs each).
My suggestion - download the DVD-5 or DVD-9 and convert it yourself with HandBrake.