10 Best Ways to Convert Photos, Records, Videos and Tapes

By Michael Brown
March 9th, 2009

It’s a digital world, but most of us are still holding on to a lot of analog media. There are the vinyl records we couldn’t bear to part with; the home movies shot with an analog camcorder; the lovingly-created mixtapes on cassette; and, of course, the photographic prints and 35mm slides from holidays, vacations and family gatherings of yesteryear. Service bureaus are getting rich charging exorbitant fees to bring these analog memories into the digital realm, but there are plenty of good tools available for anyone who’s interested in taking the do-it-yourself approach. Here are some the best.

Audio-Technica AT-LP2D-USB Stereo Turntable

This belt-driven turntable features a built-in analog-to-digital converter that digitizes your vinyl records in real-time and transfers them to your Mac or PC using a USB cable. Once you’ve captured the tracks, use the included software to ...

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