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 grandmother, have the entire collection of Murder She Wrote on VHS, the $250.00 USD 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.

Post from: The Gadget Blog