Help with 24p capture/sequence settings and interlace artifacts

We are trying to capture sd video shot on a panasonic DVX 100B at 24p (not advanced) using FCP 6.02.
The video was shot anamorphic (squeeze) through the camera.
We have tried a variety of capture and sequence setting and continue to get varying degrees of artifact (lines) at motion points (e.g. when a hand moves).
We have tried:
Capture Easy set-up 29.97
Capture Anamorphic 29.97
We have tried changing field dominance to none.
We have experimented with both interlace and progressive scan.
We have experimented with different playback units including the camera shot with.
Would love some advice on best capture sequence settings. Playback will be computer/video projector.

It's sounds like you've been mislead about what 24p (as opposed to 24p Advanced) actually is on tape - it's interlaced 29.97 footage. So, what you're seeing is normal - there should be three progressive frames followed by 2 interlaced frames (since it's pulldown added to 23.98 material).
So, to get to the heart of your question, you are capturing correctly - Anamorphic 29.97.
If you want true progressive output, strip the pulldown - use Cinema Tools - and edit as 23.98. Otherwise, if you can't go 23.98, you're stuck with what you've got.

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Subject: 'Project for: ' Kim...'not updated in the last 30 days'
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JIM.........      jim@ aol.com.... 284087.............     9/28/2006.......10/5/2006...........690
JIM.........      jim@ aol.com.... 292709.............     3/20/2007.......3/28/2007............516
KIM.........      kim@ aol.com.... 185083.............     8/31/2004.......2/9/2006.............     928
KIM...........kim@ aol.com.... 190121.............     2/9/2006.........2/9/2006.............928
KIM...........kim@ aol.com.... 190132.............     2/9/2006.........2/9/2006.............928
KIM...........kim@ aol.com.... 190133.............     2/9/2006.........2/9/2006.............928
KIM...........kim@ aol.com.... 190159.............     2/13/2006.......2/14/2006............923
KIM...........kim@ aol.com.... 190237.............     2/23/2006.......2/23/2006............914
KIM...........kim@ aol.com.... 284109.............     9/28/2006.......9/28/2006............697
KIM...........kim@ aol.com.... 286647.............     11/7/2006.......12/5/2006............629
KIM...........kim@ aol.com.... 294631.............     4/2/2007.........3/4/2008.............174
KIM...........kim@ aol.com.... 322922.............     7/29/2008.......7/29/2008............27
JOE...........joe@ aol.com.... 183332.............     1/28/2004.......4/23/2004............1585
JOE...........joe@ aol.com.... 183336.............     1/28/2004.......3/9/2004.............1630
SAM...........sam@ aol.com....183876.............3/5/2004.........3/8/2004.............1631
SAM...........sam@ aol.com....183877.............3/5/2004.........3/8/2004.............1631
SAM...........sam@ aol.com....183879.............3/5/2004.........3/8/2004.............1631
SAM...........sam@ aol.com....183880.............3/5/2004.........3/8/2004.............1631
SAM...........sam@ aol.com....183881.............3/5/2004.........3/8/2004.............1631
SAM...........sam@ aol.com....183882.............3/5/2004.........3/8/2004.............1631
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SAM...........sam@ aol.com....183884.............3/5/2004.........3/8/2004............     1631
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PAT...........pat@ aol.com.....291630.............2/23/2007.......7/8/2008............     48
PAT...........pat@ aol.com.....313990.............2/27/2008.......7/28/2008............28
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NED...........ned@ aol.com.....292410.............3/15/2007.......7/22/2008............34
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NED...........ned@ aol.com.....303790.............9/19/2007.......9/19/2007............341
NED...........ned@ aol.com.....304268.............9/24/2007.......3/3/2008............     175
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NED...........ned@ aol.com.....316689.............3/19/2008.......3/19/2008............159
NED...........ned@ aol.com.....316789.............3/20/2008.......3/20/2008............158
NED...........ned@ aol.com.....317528.............3/25/2008.......3/25/2008............153
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I log and transfer the video from the camera into FCP (on a black MacBook; 2.16 GHz with 4 GB RAM) using the AVCHD Apple Intermediate Codec 1920 x 1080i source. I then export the video using the following:
Export using "Quicktime Conversion".
Quicktime options video settings are:
Frame Rate set to "Current"
Key Frames set to every "24" frames
Compressor quality: "best" (Encoding set to "best quality")
Data Rate set to "automatic"
Quicktime options video size are:
"HD 1280 x 720 16:9" (anything higher produces the jags!)
Deinterlace source video is NOT checked
My Canon HF 200 settings are the following:
- P mode
- FXP (17 Mbps)
- 60i framerate
all others are set to the normal default
I have read some reports saying the above is good and others suggesting changing FXP to MXP (24 Mbps) and/or the framerate from 60i to PF30. I don't care about the size of the file, I just want the highest quality HD file.
Any suggestions for the best FCE settings and/or HF200 settings would be very much appreciated!
Thanks for your help,
Evan

Thanks again for the feedback
Let me try my best to answer the above (I'm new at all this and I appreciate you guys taking the time to try and help me out).
First off, I tried rendering and that did not help.
Here is my sequence. I am not going into FCE from the camera directly. I have archived the video file from the camera using iMovie (as well as just making an exact copy of the camera files; they both appear to me to be the exact same, both can be logged and transferred into FCE, and both files give me a jagged FCE result).
Once I log and transfer the file(s), I then take the clip and add it to a sequence file (rendering or not rendering the clip(s) at this point does not make a difference), and then click/highlight the sequence file in the browser and export it.
As for "editing the video in a 1920x1080i60 sequence", I think I am. I am not doing any editing to the clip. It is logged and transferred using the AVCHD Apple Intermediate Codec 1920 x 1080i and then exported using either as a Quicktime Movie or Quicktime Conversion (set for 1920 x 1080 using H.264 compression; both ways still result in a jagged video).
That's about it...log and transfer, add clip to sequence, and then export sequence...
I hope this answers the above, but if not, I apologize; I'm still learning!
Also, if I use iMovie, with similar export (share) settings, I get a non-jagged video (I have tried with deinterlacing and not deinterlacing, and both video results are fine)
Thanks again,
Evan

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