Authoring an HD Blu-ray disc from an HD camcorder

The bottom line question:
I have a Canon HF200 video camera; it records files with the *.MTS extension. I would like to import, edit, and author this information/video footage into a Blu-ray disc, so as to be viewable with a Blu-ray player, all the while maintaining HD quality.
My MacPro is of the early 2007 vintage, running Tiger; I anticipate upgrading to Snow Leopard as well as adding a Blu-ray burner, as long as my machine will support it.
What else will I need to ensure a full HD-quality Blu-ray disc? Will Final Cut Express 4.0.1 accomplish this (as opposed to Final Cut Studio, et al)?
Again, a big Thanks to All for assisting me with this issue!

Dave Lokken wrote:
... have a Canon HF200 video camera; it rec.. to be viewable with a Blu-ray player, all the while maintaining HD quality.
*Plan B)*
consider usage of a socalled MediaPlayer:
export your final project as a sleek h264 file in 'FullHD' res to any ext. HDD
connect that HDD to a Western Dgital TV HD , this to your 90" Home Theater done.
avoids disks (you can use LAN or WLAN either...), offers FullHD, usability as iTunes (=access to all media files on your Mac), ...

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