Canon S95 powershot HD video quality VS canon vixea M300 camcorder

Hi all,
I shot some video with my Powershot S95, and imported to iMovie via iPhoto. I also imported a similar video sequence (bright light, portrait, white background) from a canon vixea m200 camcorder, and the quality of the still cameras video is WAY better than the camcorder. BEtter color and much clearer/sharper. Any reason why this would be the case? Does the still camera have a much better lens? Is it something to do with how iMovie is converting the format, if it is converting it? should i get rid of my video camera and shoot my videos with this or a better still camera? Or is there something I may not be doing correctly. The HD camcorder resolution is supposed to be better than the still camera. I have a week to return the camcorder if it's no good. Is anyone else using this kind of camera and getting good results?
thank you so much!
Josh

Final Cut will likely provide a minimal quality boost (as it uses a higher quality codec for importing AVCHD), but beyond that I don't think you'd find it worth your money. What specifically about your imported video looks "not as clear"? Remember that your camcorder screen is always going to look like a higher resolution than your computer due to it's size.
Also bear in mind that in order to properly burn HD content to a disc, you will need a Blu-ray burner and software that will burn it (Toast 10, for example). It is possible to burn small amounts of HD content on a normal DVD, but whether or not you can do this without purchasing Toast (or something more expensive like Final Cut Studio), I can't say.

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