The intem I have been looking at are external capture cards. Plug in the RCAs or S-Video and audio and you can record it all on your CPU.

I have quite a few old VHS cassettes I don't want to love forever so I figure it's be a project for me to do some converting.

Anyone recommendations or anything I would be avoiding?

General tips would be good too. Even the cheapest ones don't get awful reviews and the range between 20-140 so far.