I'm one of them
I just recently started copying my old cartoon collection from vcr tapes to dvds. Man, nearly 36 hours of unedited, fully violent looney tunes, tom & jerry, the pink panther, etc.
Transfers sound like a lot of time consuming work. Most of that stuff (Tom & Jerry especially) is available on DVD via Netflix. I rip disks that I like for later viewing so I always have a reservoir of something to watch: movies, old sitcoms, star trek, etc.
Rent the DVDs then rip them. Why waste time with transfers to digital when the studios have already done it for you?