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I've been having trouble getting HD sequences to playback on a connected TV (Standard DV plays back fine).
The tape deck and monitor are connected via component cables, and playback is fine while playing HD footage in the deck. In FCP, I change the easy set-up settings to HDV - 1080i60 and capture footage fine. When I start editing and want the footage to playback on the monitor, all my video playback options are grayed out under the Audio/Video Settings (except for Desktop Preview). The only way I've been successful in getting my HD sequences to playback on the TV is by changing the easy setup back to DV-NTSC while editing. However, doing it this way letterboxes the video on the monitor and degrades the footage. Any help would be appreciated.

That is the only way you are going to get HDV footage to play out via firewire...and show up on an SD monitor. By letting FCP downconvert the signal to a DV one...and not a good one at that. This is only meant to allow you to get an image onto an external monitor so that you can see your footage...basically a client monitor.
To get HDV out nicely to a monitor you need an HD capture card...
#25 HDV external Monitor Viewing
Shane's Stock Answer #25 - HDV external Monitor Viewing
To view HDV on an external monitor you are going to need to purchase a capture card, like the ones Decklink (www.decklink.com) or AJA (www.aja.com) offer. They will both play out HDV in real time. The catch is that you cannot view this on a regular TV or NTSC monitor. Since this is HD, an HD monitor will be needed. HOWEVER, both cards are capable of down converting the signal so that it can be displayed on an SD monitor. This won't be color accurate
HDV cannot be played out of FCP via Firewire because it's Long GOP structure is too taxing on your processors to spare the system resources needed to drive an external monitor.
The best option you have is the Matrox MXO...$1000. This coupled with an Apple 23" display gets you color correction quality...but, it isn't compatible with COLOR yet. www.matrox.com
And there are the Decklink Intensity and Intensity PRO cards as well.
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