My findings for Sony HD / AVCHD video - for moderate users like me

After extensive testing, downloading, and trial and error - i have determined the following for my Sony HDR-XR500 camera and PE8
First and foremost - Mini DV tape was much easier,quicker, reliable,and worked very well with PE.
Second - HD, as far as PE goes is in its infancy and should be avoided for the weekend warrior, like me. I don't want to be, or have to be, smarter than all the language, codecs and drivers it takes to make PE tick - i just want to organize my memories, make a video and share them.
Thirdly - my analysis .... drum roll please.
Importing through PMB:
- Sony does not give you much control over where to file. If you do not choose a subfolder as reccommended, the dates of the video may be imported wrong
- Sony will import the file as a .m2ts file
- When imported into Elements (organizer) the thumbnail "Will appear"
- Once edited with premier elements, the file will need to be "conformed and rendered before usable on the timeline (About 1 minute per GB on my quad core)
- I've noticed some files getting chopped off with sound - others are good (mystery?)
- files imported through PMB can not be batch renamed, it must be done in organizer
Importing through windoes folder (Explorer, copy and paste from camera)
- Files are transferred to the PC as .AVCHD files
- The thumbnail shows in Explorer or folder view
- When files are imported into the organizer, they are imported as .MTS files
- Files imported "Will not" have viewable thumbnails in Elements, but "will" have thumnails in Premier Elements (my personal favorite as far as bugs go)
- Same conforming and rendering on this side of the house too - as above.
i tried all the suggstions of the forum, download quick time, mts codecs, copy, etc..... but this is what it is.
So my suggestion, if you are confused like I am - don't buy a 1000 dollar HD camera until the program and operation become more user friendly and you see less posts like this. Life is short, I don't want to waste it on problems.

I will continue to research PMB, especially with the latest release out, thank you.
I went through this transition about 6 years ago. i was using Pinnacle for a long time, and it just kept getting worse and not listneing to the consumer, It was a big adjustment to go to Adobe - but it's proved worthwhile until this release. I think they forgot, or don't care, who their target audience is. Ppremier Pro is available for those hard core video editors. I want this program so simple to use my mother could use it. It pretty much has been that way until HD came in the picture. I don't think they anticipated it.
So for now, I may see what 9.0 brings and trial it, but I hate to carve up my library of 25,000 digital files between two programs.
I'm hoping for the best and preapring for the worst!

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