Importing material from old VHS cassettes

Hi all,
I have a large collection of old VHS video cassettes that I used to shoot film 10-20 years ago. I would like to be able to bring extracts into FCE4. Could someone tell me what I would need in the way of hardware and software to be able to do this??
Thanks!

Hi Waterton, This may not be the most cost effective way of solving your dilemma but I had a very similar problem with some old VHS-C footage and a whole batch of VHS cassettes. IN the end I bit the bullet and purchased the Canopus ADVC-110. It has enough variation in input and output to suit most formats and is a dream to use. Have a look on the link below.
http://www.canopus.com/products/ADVC110/index.php
Hope this helps
Burak

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