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Importing video from Panasonic SD90

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Hi, I'm about to purchase my 1st HD camcorder (Panasonic SD90), but I'm a little unsure if iMovie will be able to import/edit/play back the video files from the camcorder.
I've read that the 1080p 50p AVCHD flavour wont be able to be edited/played in iMovie, but I'm a little unsure if any of the other 1080 AVCHD formats will be able to be edited/played back.
I read that iFrame can be imported/edited/played, but that is recorded in the low resolution of 960 x 480 which kind of defeats the point of me buying a HD camcorder.

This is the camcorder im after:
Camcorders - 1MOS HD Camcorders - HDC-SD90 - Overview - Panasonic UK & Ireland

Are any of the other formats (except iFrame) recognised by iMovie?
 
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iMovie 11 supports 1080 content.
 
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That is of course not the same thing as saying it will support the files that come off this camcorder.
 

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