One question. I decided to deinterlace my events before I edited them. Will I lose out on quality by doing things in this order? Thanks

Just about to get a TM700 and I have read lots of user comments regarding the lack of Mac support. I am coming from the world of Standard Definition MiniDV, so have had a fairly sheltered life until now, and was going to take the shorter step to HDV but it seems its days are numbered. Can you confirm / deny my thoughts and beliefs based on what I have read so far…….

Mac right now does not support AVCHD 1080p but quite likely may soon enough – Either way, ffMpeg will be able to import and convert the raw AVCHD footage to enable iMovie 09 to read it – Correct ? Any chance with iMovieHD which I still prefer for just getting together and ordering a batch of clips?

I’m assuming that no matter what, (data storage constraints aside) I am best off recording in the highest quality (ie 1080p/50) and then downsizing for editing – In the future I will always be able to go back to my high quality source, but my question is, does down-converting 1080p to 1080i or 720p (25 or 30fps) produce a lower quality than filming in those resolutions in the first place ??

My current TV is only 720p so I would be quite happy to sick with that format (although I am aware the TM700 has no native option to record 720) – I take it ‘upscaling’ or increasing the frame rate will always involve interpolation and therefore loss of quality. I’m not making feature films, just home movies – In your experience, is all this converting, deinterlacing, changing of frame rates producing a noticable deterioration in quality – ie. beyond what might be considered minimal.

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