It is true that with advance technology, VHS tapes that were common some years back are not going to see a resurgence in popularity.
Many people have these tapes stored and some of them contain good memories especially those that are home made. The best way to guarentee safe storage and be able to use it on computer, then there has to be digital conversion.
Here is a little help that is not so expensive but very helpful. Check out the video.
http://www.youtube.com/v/udwPo6vLfSU