Trying to export .MTS footage filmed in 1080i

Hi, I recently bought a sony HDR-XR150 camcorder and am filming in HD FX 1080i and the quality is amazinggg when I hook it up to the TV via HDMI. but when I export the footage from iMovie '11 the image quality isn't nearly as good. I've tried exporting with multiple different settings and I cannot figure out how to keep the quality of the footage once it's exported. Can somebody give me some tips?
Thank you,
Justin

Hi, Justin.
I bought recently a SONY HDR-XR550VE camcorder with 1080i resolution. I wanted to work with iMovie in HD.
What was my surprise that when I imported videos in HD from the camcorder (verified that the clips was in HD 1080i playing these clips directly from the camera to the HD TV) the films are imported in iMovie '11 in standard definition!!. It was impossible to import in HD. I tried everything without results. The clips are imported in STD (standard definition).
I investigated a little bit in Google and the answer to import videos in HD to iMovie'11 from the SONY HDR-XR550VE is:
- Install Turbo.264 HD Video Converter from ELGATO (not very expensive).
- Import videos in 1080p to my Mac from the camera.
- Place the import clips in a local folder of my Mac.
- Rename the files and make them sort (f.e.: clip1.mov)
- Open iMovie and choose "Import from file"
- Select the desired files to import
- And.. thats it!.
With these steps I have HD1080p clips to work in iMovie '11
I hope this helps.
Regards.

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