If we are talking about serious archiving of lots of tapes, $500 for a capture device is nothing. The labor costs of keeping the actual tape deck(s) in good ord

If we are talking about serious archiving of lots of tapes, $500 for a capture device is nothing. The labor costs of keeping the actual tape deck(s) in good order is probably going to dwarf. But I have actually toyed with the idea of setting up complete workstations modified player, and a slightly better software UX. Don't know how to reach the market willing to pay for such things, though. For tinkering at home, the specific PCIe capture device is actually quite easy to find, it seems it's still produced for some reason.