Ben’s looking to convert childhood videos from VHS tape to a digital format.. preferably without buying a new VCR. Hauppauge's HD PVR, our fave box for recording HD video will capture SD from a VCR, if you can borrow one. For alot less money, Roxio Easy VHS to DVD does SD video only, and gets high marks. You can hunt around for one of the zillions of local video services... as far as the big chain stores go, almost all of them will send your tape to YesVideo.