"This is not a bad idea, but you are assuming that your PL decoder/encoder is better than the one the end user would be using."

I made no "assumptions", I simply want to see how good a job I could do at this moment. These discs were only intended for me. If, in the future, I get a PLII reciever and a dual-layer DVD burner, then I'll go back to the digital PCM. I guarantee this will not be the last time I attempt to make SW DVD's.

Right now, I enjoy listening to my Star Wars DVD in DD 5.1. Is that really so bad?