Canon DC-20 miniDVD connect to ibook g4

I just received the Canon DC-20 minidvd camcorder. No problem importing still images. Problem is importing into imovie. Apple store was no help. Canon says not compatible to plug and import video. I know this works with tape camcorders, but has anyone had luck with a miniDVD. I would like to avoid tapes.
Questions:
1. Do I just need to buy a mini usb - firewire cable to get this to work?
2. Is there a program I need to buy to use with this device?
3. Do I need to breakdown and buy Virtual PC so I can install the Roxio DVD software it came with for PC, and then save the file and open it in iMovie on the mac side? Which works fine with my fiance's ibm thinkpad.
I appreciate any comments or feedback to this post. I have read other posts, and even saw one on the DC-10, which is the same camera minus a feature or two, but saw no resolution in that post.

You can import the finalized DVD:
http://www.danslagle.com/mac/iMovie/tips_tricks/6010.s
html
Note that the MPEG on a DVD is highly compressed
compared to DV on a miniDV tape camera, so you
will
never have the quality you get on a miniDV camera.
I would take the camera back immediately.
Lennart,
Thank your for your response. I am actually pleased
with the quality. I play it straight from the camera
via the av cable,, or the mini dv in my dvd player on
my 52" LCD and the quality is great! Only in a low
light situation do I notice the quality deteriorate
somewhat.
I am able to extract the files with the roxio
software the camcorder came with on my pc at work. i
can then save them into my movies folder as mpeg-2.
i cannot play them on my ibook. Do i need to
purchase the mpeg 2 softwware from apple for 19.99
in order to play this file on my ibook? Then am I
able to convert it to a format readable by imovie so
i can edit that way? what format is needed by
iMovie?
Thank you for your help!
new post: well with the mpeg 2 software i am able to get the movie into iMovie, but it has no sound? How do get the sound to come through? Did i do something wrong? I just dragged the clip into the clips pane in iMovie and it played no problem.

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