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Another option is to record the signal using a DVD recorder (or a DVD recorder/VHS combo) most of them have decent enough internal TBCs (time base correctors) to record even mediocre-poor tapes. Use DVD-RW discs if supported by the recorder. After you've got what you want on the disc pop it into your computer, copy the files on the DVD to your hard drive, and erase (unless you want it on DVD) the DVD-RW (if you are using -RW) then record the next tape onto the disc....
I strongly recommend keeping the analog masters after copying to digital since recordable DVDs can degrade to unplayable in under a decade, and if I had a 20$ bill for every hard drive that has died on me with no or insufficient back up I could buy a new computer. Tape don't degrade (unless you store it in temperature or humidity extremes)....I have video tapes from the early 70's that still play as good as the day they were recorded, and audio tapes dating back to at least the 50's which still sound as good as when new.
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