Hi Robert,
I got a ripper, downloaded from www.dvdutils.com , the latest version dated Oct.14. Wells, so far it copies copy protected movies to my harddrive, but when playing them the signal is distored and picture not visible. So far I guess the ripper does a good job but it seems that it does not remove Macrovision copy protection or whatelse creats the mess playing the movie from HD. Anyhow, a good start with this ripper. If you find out why the copy does not rum propper, pls. mail me. I have tried out with "Zone selector" to run the movie disabeling Macrovision without any effect.
I will post a message here when I find out. Let`s work together!!

P.S. I tried with the US Version of "Matrix"