Lossless storage & editing of video data.

A while back, there was a discussion about iMovie and how it used/preserved data, the statement made at the time was:
iMovie 08 (and 09) uses 'single field processing' meaning every other horizontal line of the video is thrown out, which reduces the sharpness of the footage. iMovie 06 uses ALL of the image to form the video.
So, as someone who's life has been too busy to maintain a vigilant watch on the developments of the various flavors of iMovie that have come and gone so I apologize for asking what might have been discussed at length in other threads but I was hoping for pointers to summaries about this.
Has the integrity of the video data been fixed or has an alternative to iMovie arisen as a better choice of video editing software?
Currently using "Snow Leopard" and unable/unwilling to change version of OS.
Opinions?

Has this been fixed - NO not at all !
Thank you very much for confirming this for me!
iMovie HD6 - still works (for those lucky one to own it - as I )
Mee too! I'm very happy to have it here on my machine. It makes SUCH a difference.
Because of my previous problems (search on my name) I'm redoing all of my videos.
FinalCut Express and Pro - can deliver 100% interlaced SD-Video to iDVD (or alike) making the DVD as good as it can be.
Well, with the demise of Express, (unless I don't know where the download link is) I'm out of luck with that one. The pro, is awfully pricey for the home user. I am still poking around to see what my choices are. Y'know, I'd purchase iMovie for real money (<$150) if I could rely on it to be supported properly (i.e., not just dropped on a whim ala iDVD) but US$300 is awfully steep for half of the iMovie/iDVD solution.
I started to revist software because I'm having an issue where installing a transition in a movie caused a chunk of unknown audio to be stuck in too. I'm going over my source material now.
Thank you very much for your time and info.
If you ever find an editing suite to replace the pair, please post it for all of us to know about!

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MacBook Pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os?view=discussions
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Message was edited by: vmclelland

Hello vmclelland,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To delete videos from your iPad running iOS 8 please follow the steps below.
Delete a video from iPad. Tap Edit in the upper right of your collection, then tap on the video thumbnail. If you don’t see the Edit button, look for on your video thumbnails—those videos haven’t been downloaded to iPad, so you can’t delete them. To delete an individual episode of a series, tap the series, then swipe left on the episode in the Episodes list.
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Have you emptied your Mac's Trash icon in the Dock?
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Moving iTunes library
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449
Moving iPhoto library
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2506
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