Can I use my macbook air to view video from my camcorder

I have a Panasonic HDC S9 HD digital vide camera, which has a mini HDMI port to coonect to an external monitor to view playback directly from the camera
I have a Macbook Air 13" bought 5 months ago
I have bought a thunderbolt to HDMI cable and have used that to connect the Air to the video camera via HDMI
But I dont see how to see the playback from the camera on the air.
Any ideas?
I am hoping that I am not about to be told that the Air will only export video via the thunderbolt port and will not allow video IN to show on the Air screen... please help?
Many thanks

Thanks SP
But I need to do something more immediate than that.
One of the things my partner does is to advise her clients on their presentation skills. So she wants to video them doing a presnettation to her, and then immediatley play it back so they can both look at it whilst she critiques it.
There is no time to transfer video files and move between aplications.
If we connect the video camer via HDMI to the TV, we can play back clips on the TV directly from the camera - no need for data transfers
What I want to do is use the Air as the TV monitor for this playback so she can do this on client site in any room with her own equipment - not needing a TV
I had hoped that buying the thunderbolt to HDMI lead would enable the Air to act as the out put monitor
But I cannot see how to get that to work

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