Best movie file type

I am wanting to rip all of my dvds onto a hard drive that I will leave connected to my TV so that I no longer need to keep changing discs every time I want to watch something new and live in fear of scratching and ruining the discs.
However, I am not sure what file type I should be creating or the codecs I should be using (video and audio). If the file type isnt supported by the TV, I will play the file on my comp and use the TV as an external display, so dont worry about that.
Could someone please tell me the specs of the files I should be creating (and a decent app to use as well)?
I have googled this but can't find anything very good. If anyone knows of a site explaining this stuff, please let me know.
Thanks,
Sam.

Matt Clifton wrote:
Well, it might help to tell us what kinds of files your TV supports.
I dont care if my TV supports it or not as I can just play it through my computer. I have heard that h.264 is the one to use but I really don't know much about this stuff. Is that an mp4 file, encoded using h.264? or what??
Matt Clifton wrote:
You may need to play with the settings (data rate, etc) to find a good set of values which streams well for you.
I dont really understand all of that stuff. I would have thought that to keep as much quality as possible, selecting the options with the highest numbers would be the way to go (shows how much I know). Am I right?
Cheers.

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