VCR thats Converts Your Old Tapes Into Digital Video

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If you are wondering what to do with your old video tapes. take a look at this new gadget. Ion’s VCR 2 PC is a VHS player with a USB port. It converts movies into MPEG-4 files, and the included software will take those files and make them ready for various portable devices. That’s pretty much it, but if you, like my father, have the entire collection of Star Trek: The Next Generation on VHS, the $250 player is a lot cheaper than re-buying all those episode’s on DVD.

The VCR to PC will also do double-duty as a general purpose converter. It has standard video and audio-in sockets on the front for hooking up old video cameras and the like. A one-trick-pony, yes, but it’s both a good trick and a cheap trick.

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