Creating high quality avi from DVD

[Ben Edwards]

Over the years I have tried several programs to create avi files from
DVD.  My files do not look anything as good/sharp of other peoples. I
am guessing it is the settings I am using, and the codecs.  The
container does not have to be .avi.  A program witch rips and encodes
on the ply would be good but quality is my main concern.

Any advice would be good, probably best to keep this thread focused on
quality of output rather than other aspects such as
functionality/usability.

Regards,
Ben

PS DVDRip-o-matic was one of the programs I got fairly good results with