Convert letterbox DVD to anamorphic?

[Halen]

Hey everyone,

I've authored a few dvd's from captured sources here and there, but recently I bought a couple movies on DVD that turned out to be letterbox as opposed to anamorphic, and on my new 16:9 TV they just don't look right, even zoomed in. Is there a simple way to rip the DVD's and convert the video to anamorphic and reburn them to DVD-R's? Or will I have to reencode and therefore degrade the picture to a point where it's not worth it?

Thanks for any help

[Baldrick]

Making it anamorphic requires reeencoding and it will make the video quality worse....you must also resize up the image and it will make it even worse. = Not worth it.

[Halen]

Bummer, that's what I was afraid of.

Thanks!