VHS for your PC

It was only a matter of time. In Show 21, we covered archiving your vinyl and audio cassettes with special gadgets that connect to your PC via USB. Now, someone’s released a VHS video player that connects via USB.

Yes – Archive off your collection of video tapes into a digital format without lots of mucking about with cables and converters.

The USB Video Cassetter Player captures video at resolutions up to 720 x 576 , for playback on PCs, iPods, PSPs, DVD and other media players.

Works with Windows XP and Windows Vista, and has a SCART socket, so can be used as a standard video player for your TV.

The USB Video Cassette Player is available from gadget guys Firebox . More on archiving your media here