CS4 Hi Definition

Hi,
I lost the will to live trying to figure out if CS3 actuallt imports true hi definition video - I came to the conclusion it doesn't (or at least, any output would be in Standard definition) which is a shame as it seriously reduced the number of Hi def cameras I could buy! Does anyone know if CS4 will support (natively) all HD formats, and if this will open up the HD Camera market to the "pro-sumer" market - i.e. those without the 2000 - but still around the £600 mark?

Hi, thanks fo rthe replies. Wasnt aware that I could actually import HD into CS3. I was aware that CS3 works with Blu Ray, but wouldnt the Blu Ray just play Standard Definition?
In terms of output - I want it to output in High Definition (say 1080) - as far as I see it at the moment with CS3, you can only output in standard definition format - or have I missed something?
it has been a while since I last looked at this (and gave up), but I udnerstood it to be that CS3 can input (some ) HDV, but not AVCHD, but that any input of a HD signal had to be scaled down in terms of export into a standard definition.
For example. At the time, i was looking at getting a Sony HDR HC3E which is capable of recording at 1080p. As I understood it, I could get the video into CS3, but when outputting it, it would be in standard definition. i also understood that, for certain HD formats, that these had to be scaled down to Standard definition BEFORE you could import it into CS3.
Please correct me if I am wrong - if i can input a video which is recorded at 1080p, and create a Blue Ray which is also 1080p using the above camera, I have obviously taken a wrong route somewhere in my quest for information!!!

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