IMovie08 share to miniDV tapes

This appears to have gone with imovie08....
I have a Sony HDR-HC7 miniDV high def camcorder and I can do all the HD editing I need to in iMovie08... the problem is that because HD (or blu-ray) is so young I can't yet easily burn and view high def DVD's to watch on my HD ready TV...
My solution was to make the video film and then export it back to tape so that I will be able to use the tapes and make those DVD's when HD technology is more affordable and available.
I was starting to use iMovieHD 6 to do this but have encountered horrible audio bugs in my transitions... (see my previous post).
My question.... Is there any way to share back to miniDV tapes with iMovie08?

turski wrote:
... My question.... Is there any way to share back to miniDV tapes with iMovie08?
this feature isn't included in the actual version of iM08 ...
only workaround:
'Export with Quicktime.. ' and using 'Apple Intermediate Codec' as codec, import THAT into a iMHD6 project, export to camera..

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