We need more room in our living room, and my large DVD tower is taking up too much space. I've never ripped a DVD before, but the idea is rather appealing. I've got a couple questions though.

DVD playback through the disasterous experiment that was/is my HTPC is horrible. I don't trust I'll ever be happy with the PQ. I've tried everything I can think of. It's just complete crap.

Standard def DVDs played back through my PS3 are quite good though - at least they're watchable. Can I rip my entire DVD collection to the HTPC's drive(s) and play them back through the PS3? I'm beginning to lean towards using the HTPC as a server simply to hold all my movies and music, and use the PS3 to play it all back. Seems to work ok for MP3's. Anyone doing this for their DVD's?