I would use the usual DVD recorder and press play on the VHS and record on the DVD recorder and walk away for the time required. The result at that point after we finalize the media on the DVD recorder is the digitized VHS tape.

Done and without the usual 4 times the hours required. In other words I find that one hour of video requires about 4 hours on the computer to get one hour of DVD output. The DVD recorder brings it back to a 1 to 1 system.
Bob