How's the quality of HDV home video look when downconverted to Apple TV?

I'd like to watch some video I've shot with a Canon HV30 on my plasma, and I can't figure out an easy way that doesn't require degrading the picture quality thru additional compression (like hooking up an Apple TV) or the hassle of burning Blu-Ray discs.
Are people happy with the way their footage looks when displayed with the Apple TV on a large television?

Quality by numbers or quality by perception are different things, most people don't perceive there to be a great deal of difference between their source 1080i video and the export using Apple tv settings.
Numerically there is very little difference between SD and the Apple tv HD settings but the difference perceptually is much bigger.

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