I am a dad of 4 kids. I have many older Hi8's and mini dv's that I would like to convert to DVD's. I also have a Panasonic HDC-TM700 (shoots 1080p) that I have been using to video with since the old min dv recorder wore out.

I have an 2011 iMac and a 2012 Mac book pro.

I would like to convert the HD content from the hard drives to Blu Ray and if possible use the same external burner to burn the older video formats hi 8 and mini dv to dvd.

The two questions are,
1. Is there a Blu Ray External Burner that can handle both jobs?

2. I have new in the box, one mini dv recorder and one Hi 8 recorder to play the signal of the tapes. Are these units the device I need to get the data to the burner? if not what should I use?

Any useful advice is much appreciated.

Thanks
Peter