Analog to digital video conversion

I have some old VHS tapes I'd like to digitize so I can dump them. Is there a way to connect my VCR to my laptop and load them into iMovie? What do I need to be able to do this?
Or is there a better way?

Elgato makes some good products for this. See attached:
http://www.elgato.com/elgato/na/mainmenu/products/Video-Capture/product1.en.html
Regards,
Captfred

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