New cam HD and imovie

Im thinking of getting new HD camcorder, Now If i get one that shoots 1080p in avchd will this work in imovie to idvd to a dvd well or will i have interlacing problems or need to convert the file before i put it into imovie? Ive had alot of problems with my DV cam. And im hoping getting a 1080p one will fix this.

I hear ya. I even partitioned my disk and started down the dual boot path to keep my Windows video editing, but then decided to really give the Mac a solid chance before giving up. (I messed up my disk trying to reclaim the hidden windows boot partition and had to restore the whole machine from Time Machine. )
It was interesting to read that Apple let some Final Cut Studio developers go. Some folks even suggested that this move indicates Apple moving toward iPhone/iPad apps and putting less importance on development for the iMac platforms.
The camera manufacturers are flooding the consumer market with HD lite, Full HD, and even lately Full HD+ (60p) cameras. Millions of people are buying these cams with little idea that their $100 camera purchase is going to need a thousand (or more ) dollar computer purchase, 2TB external disk, and at the minimum a $100 editor purchase. (I got Cyberlink PD8 Ultra for $70 after trying seven different under $200 editors on my 2003 P4. I didn't even need a new PC, but fell in love with the iMac 27" display, and got tired of Microsoft Tuesdays and Norton intelligent virus updates every 5 minutes. My PC could render video but the Norton "intelligent updates" crippled the machine.)
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(Let's hope they don't fine us for thread creep.)

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