HELP!!Choppy/Glitch Playback using Panasonic tm700 MTS File

Issue: Choppy/Glitchy playback
Video File: .MTS
Camcorder: Panasonic TM700 Recording at 1080/60p
Hours Spent reading forums before post: Infinite
Level of agitation: Insane
Computer: Brand new Dell Studio XPS
                   Intel i7 Quad @ 2.8 Ghz
                   8 GB Ram
                   Geforce GT220 1GB designated (kinda weak i know but good enough)
Apparently Premiere hates MTS files =[
Anyways, I am getting the red bar on the timeline so I know my settings arent aligning with my source material. The issue at hand is
that the material taken from my camcorder is taken at a 60p framerate and I do not see this option in the available presets.
What do I DOOOO?!!?!?! The field order is set to progressive scan. I updated all drivers, installed codecs, and am
hooked up to an HD monitor.
I'm actually pretty new at this so dont bash me if this is a simple fix. Thank you for your timee!

Tune your system as best you can: Adobe Forums: Guide for installing and tuning a Vista... which says Vista but also applies to Win7.
Apart from that not much you can do apart from investing more money in a Dell system, which usually is the same as having them steal you blind. You can't overclock a Dell, due to the crippled BIOS, you can get more memory, 8 GB is cutting it thin, but the prices they charge for that...
You can improve your disk setup yourself without intervention (stealing) by Dell, but your CPU is not the fastest and with AVCHD it is usually the CPU that is the main bottleneck. One of the drawbacks of an i7-860 on a P55 mobo.

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Original GH2 MTS 1280/50F under exposed to show effect
https://mega.co.nz/#!WgpkBZrb!RlDm6n2xeq-bGI4t4UDnhHXmiaAZKRERg_YqxvXHKIA
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https://mega.co.nz/#!38IxGQjA!WwAjaiIW7KF7lgoDkquGokrdutZqdDrvTEorl4o6dks
Original MTS converted to ProRes via FFMPEG, imported to PP then exported.
https://mega.co.nz/#!zsg3xL5Q!d8Sj1QZfLdQh6h6XMJfIJXvIuVEl69X5bCF6eGFd2aY

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