Digital Home Thoughts: VCR 2 PC Preserves Your Memories

"VCR 2 PC is a VHS tape player, just like a VCR, and it features a simple, easy USB connection so you can connect your computer and take your videos wherever you want them. Because it uses standard, plug-and-play USB, you only need the single, included cable to send both audio and video straight into your computer. And the included EZ VHS Converter software was designed specifically to make it easy to enjoy your videos on DVD, iPod, PSP, or computer. You can even watch videos on your compatible mobile phones!"

Even with DVDs on their way out, many people still have large archives of old VCR tapes. ION Audio's VCR 2 PC seems targeted to these people who want to digitally store their memories. There are several devices that record direct from VHS to DVD, but this transfers directly to your computer through a USB cable, much like a capture card. The only real benefit I can see paying $200 for a VCR 2 PC over more traditional video capture is the automation it offers. If you want to do a lot of unattended conversions that might be worth it, but it only works for VHS tapes. If your tapes are of the 8mm persuasion, you lose that automation since it just acts like a regular capture card at that point. Does anyone still have years of old tapes they haven't converted yet? Would this one-click solution be enough to get you convert all those tapes?