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So it seems that final cut pro x can work with avchd files natively without having to convert them unlike iMovie '11 to Apple's preferred format (Please correct me if I'm wrong) but I also noticed on Apple's website that you can then burn your videos to an ext blu-ray recorder. I'm not sure if the previous version of Final Cut Pro was able to do this but I was wondering if anybody has used an ext blu-ray recorder with success?
I found this blu-ray recorder from Sony and it seems that it's something that might be worth looking into as it can work directly with the camcorder and also be used as an ext blu-ray recorder. Blu-ray Disc DVD Burner | VBD-MA1 | Sony USA
I'm looking at getting a camcorder soon but really have some reservations about the whole process of getting the video onto my iMac and then editing it and then sharing it. It seems that iMovie '11 can import the video but it has to convert it to Apple's editable format (I forgot what the format was called) and I'm worried that this will downconvert the image quality from HD to something less than HD. After all, I want to buy a HD camcorder to record and view the footage in HD.
It seems that once you allow iMovie '11 to convert it Apple's editbale format, editing the footage doesn't seem like a problem but when you're done, it seems that you can't share by burning a blu-ray disc with iMovie '11. I guess you'd use iDVD to make a disc but this is where I'm confused on the quality of the footage. When you render a disk through iDVD, is it maxed out at regular dvd quality 480p or is it able to somehow, maintain the HD quality? I believe if you share the footage through other means such as ipad, you may be able to maintain the HD quality but I want to be able to put it on a "disk", whether it's a dvd or blu-ray, I prefer to have a physical disk to share with my parents.
Any help is much appreciated!
I found this blu-ray recorder from Sony and it seems that it's something that might be worth looking into as it can work directly with the camcorder and also be used as an ext blu-ray recorder. Blu-ray Disc DVD Burner | VBD-MA1 | Sony USA
I'm looking at getting a camcorder soon but really have some reservations about the whole process of getting the video onto my iMac and then editing it and then sharing it. It seems that iMovie '11 can import the video but it has to convert it to Apple's editable format (I forgot what the format was called) and I'm worried that this will downconvert the image quality from HD to something less than HD. After all, I want to buy a HD camcorder to record and view the footage in HD.
It seems that once you allow iMovie '11 to convert it Apple's editbale format, editing the footage doesn't seem like a problem but when you're done, it seems that you can't share by burning a blu-ray disc with iMovie '11. I guess you'd use iDVD to make a disc but this is where I'm confused on the quality of the footage. When you render a disk through iDVD, is it maxed out at regular dvd quality 480p or is it able to somehow, maintain the HD quality? I believe if you share the footage through other means such as ipad, you may be able to maintain the HD quality but I want to be able to put it on a "disk", whether it's a dvd or blu-ray, I prefer to have a physical disk to share with my parents.
Any help is much appreciated!