I have some 11-year-old recordings on Mini-DV, recorded with a Canon Optura Xi A camcorder. I can't figure out how to transfer them to a PC. I'd be happy with just playing the videos on my PC screen ...

I am about to fly from Europe to Hawaii for a month and will be taking my JVC767 dgital vid camera with. I'll be filling up a bunch of DV tapes and my question is, how best to transport them through ...