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I use a Sony HDR-HC1 HDV to record videos and need to know the path to Apple TV that will provide the best quality. I’m showing these on a 50 inch Fujitsu 1080i Plasma. I edit the video in Imovie-HD.
Can someone tell me what the best settings are to export from iMovie-HD into Quicktime or iTunes. I understand that Apple TV doesn’t support 1080i, so I’m wondering what are the best export settings to use to achieve the highest quality video through Apple TV.
I used to have a Roku Picture bridge that displayed exported ts files beautifully, but it died.
Thanks for any and all advice.
Ken

you understand incorrectly.
appletv supports 1080i.
but since 1080i is only 540 lines vert resolution,
you should probably output at 720p
Okay, thanks for the correction.
Do you know if I can choose to export to 720p from iMovie-HD?

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