If Panasonic's BD70V had a Blu-ray burner in it, this here software would be a lot less relevant. As it stands, however, you'll still need a middleman of some sort if you plan on getting that grainy ...
Im converting old family VHS tapes over to mp4 format so I can stream them via DLNA and upload to youtube to share with others. Im using a Canon Elura 100 MiniDV cam that has pass-thru via firewire ...