Vinyl converters

[jaywhybee]

I'm looking to transfer my LPs direct to CD (without going through a computer) and googling seems to come up with several systems, but they are all 2 or 3 years old. Are there any converters a little newer that anyone knows about or an older one that is realy good. I know it's not newer is necessarily better but with technological advances these days... Also why do none of the major manufacturers seem to have climbed onto this bandwagon?