No idea what programs are faster than this. I personally don't mind waiting for it to convert since I usually just do like 2-3 movies a week but since you're going to be doing so many I can understand why the wait would be annoying. 

Anything that removes copy protection is illegal though. If you are ok doing that you might as well download digital versions, as they will be optimised anyway.

Does anybody really care though, since he does it at his own home, for his own convenience?

+1 to handbrake, though. Great program.

I don't see the problem with it, but if he is going to do something illegal anyway why not download the films? They will be better quality for the file size and it will be a lot faster.

um..  i dunno.  i realize that this is "illegal" but i also think that law is dumb.  i own them already and i won't be distibuting the files.  i just want to get rid of 5 bookshelves worth of space.  i guess i could download but to be frank i have "bad taste" in movies and i doubt i'll find a decent sized portion of my library such as my complete catalog of marykate and ashley filmography.  some of my dvds are rare simply because i'm about the only one who would ever watch it.  :P

but thanks for everyone's input.  i really do appreciate it.

Fair enough, but that many DVDs will take a very long time to rip. It is probably worth a look just in case.

http://www.vudu.com/disc_to_digital.html

$2 to convert
$5 to convert to HD

$5 a disc?  fuck that.  amazon instant will re-sell me a decent chunck of my library as new for that price.

MakeMKV then compress in Handbrake. You can stream MKVs to your PS3 with PS3mediaserver. AnyDVD's a good program to strip out the copy protection and use the disc as if it has no protection. Good to go straight to Handbrake.

Magic DVD Ripper