source(vcr)-cable-capture box(or card depending on your comfort level sticking shit into an open computer)-usb/firewire-your computer's hard drive. you'll be happier archiving to a catalog of compressed files, easy to back up to a 16gb flash card. you can always put the files on a dvd since everything plays .avi files now or re-encode the damn thing. dvd's aren't a solution that'll last as long as a portable drive or flash based storage.