Vinyl collection, now what?


Hey folks,

Just inherited a really interesting collection of records from my audiophile crazy uncle.
Lots of master and super master pressings, a complete Time Life Records collection, Sheffield track records, etc.

I have never owned a turntable and know very little about them.

Does anyone have experience digitizing tracks to file using a USB turntable?
Any recommendations for or against?
Am I looking at something potentially very expensive?
I haven't looked through everything but saw lots of albums I would like to digitize.

Thanks everyone!
hleeid
Rega P8 at $3K (list) can't be beat @hleeid, but it doesn't include a cartridge or phono stage. It is much more than a "decent" turntable. There are numerous carts and PSs around. I have a van den Hul One special cart and a Sutherland Insight PS which are excellent (add about another $3K list). It is very hard to compare these things without hearing them in your system in your room - it's kind of a leap of faith. Enjoy your good fortune.
@sokogear - The Rega P8 (used) was one of the first decks I looked into along with the VPI Prime Scout (also used) and the Clearaudio Concept.

Does anyone have any experience with the Rega P8?
Or any other considerations in that price range (used)?
Russashe, the Clearaudio concept will do nicely you just have to put the right cartridge in it which depends on the phono stage. 
No, cleeds was not kidding a 24/192 conversion of a record will be indistinguishable from the record. cleeds and I are not the only ones to say this. Michael Fremer has made the same comment. He also uses Channel D software. 
cleeds, check this out. These guys are on a serious roll. Their Phono stage is one of the best out there. The L20 is the quietest phono stage ever made....if you can afford one :(
I have the pure Vinyl Program. It catalogs all my digital recordings in the iTunes Library, has all the required codecs and up samples everything to 24/192 to keep the anti aliasing filters up out of the way. I only digitize records I am ABing with another source. Just makes it easier. I have no intention of digitizing my entire collection. IMHO you would have to be out of your mind. 
@mijostyn No doubt the Clearaudio would be lovely.  I used one of their phono pre-amps for years and was quite happy.  I mentioned Bryston since @cleeid is using Bryston now.  I have been archiving my collection for years, mostly 24/192 and some 24/96 and I agree, to me they are basically indistinguishable but if someone told me they heard differences I wouldn't automatically assume they couldn't.  I recently got new speakers so think I might have to go PC and say 'virtually indistinguishable' for a while.  One comment, well made transfers seem very revealing of any setup errors but this is probably a psychoacoustical phenomena rather than an actual 'difference'.