Is iMovie '08 any better at exporting to Apple TV?

In iMovie '06, the option to export to a format optimized for Applet TV is buried deep inside Share -> Quicktime -> Expert Settings ...
Does iMovie '08 make it any easier?
I also heard something about creating movies that support multiple resolutions. Does that mean iMovie can create a single movie file that can be played at different resolutions (on the desktop, on iPod, on Apple TV)? That would be awesome.
-jignesh

It seems slightly easier to convert to tv files in imovie 08, however I really wouldn't have thought the difference was worth paying for. imovie 08 is not an improvement on imovie HD it's essentially a new program, I don't like it, it's for really quick movie production and as much as imovie HD was a consumer application it is many many more times closer to a professional editing tool than imovie 08.
imovie 08 can't create a single movie that can be played at different resolutions but it can create several files with different resolutions with one click rather than having to export several times.

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Is it better to export an iMovie project as QT and use Toast to burn a DVD for general use - or to export iMovie project to iDVD and burn DVD from there? Why?

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capt: NTSC dv, seq: NTSC DV, progressive exp: Uncompressed 8-bit
capt: Uncompressed 8-bit, seq: Uncompressed 8-Bit exp: Uncompressed 8-bit
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Thank you for clearing up my confusion. How is my export from iMovie 08, using "Uncompressed 8-bit" coming out progressive (I see no interlaced, odd/even scan lines)? Is this export dropping lines/information? If so, uncompressed is not an appropriate name for the export.
I understand what you are saying about "getting quality back" on export. My initial question was comparing the quality of an iMovie 08 export vs. FCP export and having the problem of a lowered output from the FCP export.
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1. From your DV source, camera or deck connect to your computer
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2. From your DV source, camera or deck, connect to your computer.
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3. Compare the two.

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Yes, I know what the Finder is... The cool thing is it actually does know about the contents of the file. For example it can display thumbnails of the images contained within.
Even better the files can be sorted any way you want, are not hidden in some odd proprietary package, can be backed up, restored at will and can easily be programmatically changed using AppleScript. The file system for an OS is generally bullet-proof and as such doesn't screw with dates like iPhoto did (the events stuff screwed with all our dates and has been a disaster for us and the 40,000 or so pictures we had in our library).
iPhoto has just gotten too modal, too bloated, and too proprietary while not providing the basics like a way for my wife and I to have a single library for all our photos. On the other hand using just the file system and some network storage this is easy.
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My iMovie won't let me export in HD (1080p or 720p), which has proved to be very frustrating.
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