Kodak Playsport and iMac compatibility

I just purchased the Kodak Playsport. Great camera, but im having trouble importing files into my iMac G5.
the camera records .MOV files in 1080p 30fps, or 720 at 60fps, or 720 at 30fps, or some other resolution that is even lower WVGA?
I have iLife 09.
when I plug in the camera it automatically opens iPhoto. I can import the video files (.MOV files) into iPhoto or directly onto the HD as .MOV files, but when I play them back in Quicktime, the video is very "choppy".
When I import files directly from the camera to iMovie, they take EXTREMELY LONG TIME to import, but playback is perfect. When I say extremely long time, I mean it takes approx 3+ hours to import 10 minutes of video at 1080p. - Not acceptable.
When I called Kodak tech support,they were actually reasonably helpful and accessable (approx 15 min wait time) but were not able to solve the problem.
In the end, they said it was my system was inadequate for playback of HD video because I only have a 2.0 GHz processor and 1.5 GB of Ram.
Does anyone have experience with the Kodak Playsport and iMac G5?
Does the claim by Kodak that my system is not adequate for playback of HD video files sound reasonable?

Michael Christopher wrote:
... Does the claim by Kodak that my system is not adequate for playback of HD video files sound reasonable?
Yes.
1080p files are HUGE, and, as you have found, they test the limits of your Mac. If you really need to use 1080p video, buy as much processor and disk space as you can afford with your new Mac. For best 1080 results, you will probably also want to upgrade from iMovie to Final Cut Express or Final Cut Studio.
If you keep your current Mac, you will see little if any loss of video quality on your Mac and MUCH better performance when importing saved files if you set your iMovie > Preferences... > Video to import "Large" files instead of "Full" size.
If you are importing directly into iMovie from your "Playsport", use the choices bar at the bottom of the import Preview window to reduce the "Video Size" of your import.
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