'Standard' vs 'HD' DVD (?)

I've recently acquired a HD CamCorder (1080i) and am using FCE4. Can these be burnt to standard DVD's or is there another type I need to consider?
Thanks,
Brian

Hi(Bonjour)!
Welcome to the forum.
The current version of iDVD doesn't supports HD DVD nor Blue-Ray DVD. You have to burn standard def wide screen DVD.
You can use your camcorder as a VCR connected to an HD TV monitor to monitor your HD sequence printed to tape.
You can use an Apple TV to see your HD content on a HD TV set.
You can use an Apple HD Cinema display (at least 23") to monitor your HD content a 1 to 1 pixel count from your computer.
You can use Roxio Toast from version 7 to produce DViX HD DVD at a lower resolution (720 pixels height).
You can export with quicktime conversion to H.264Codec at a full or half frame dimension to monitor on any computer equipped with current version of Quicktime.
You can buy Final Cut Studio and use Compressor and DVD studio Pro to produce HD DVD, but there aren't HD DVD burner for your computer yet.
Look at this search:
http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?threadID=&q=HDVdistribution&objID=&dateRange=last90days&userID=MichelBoissonneault&numResults=15
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