What is better hdv or avchd?

I am about to be a reporter for my school's morning
news program and am not sure whether to get hdv or
avchd? I have a 1 year old Macbook Pro (not current
generation but siliver one with 2.4 ghz 2gb ram and
200 gb hard drive) with imovie 08 and will probably
also be editing in final cut express 4. If you had to
choose between the hv40 and hf s100/hf s10/hf s11
for reporting in the field, which would you chose? I
have heard that avchd has had some problems. Is one
easier to edit than the other? We still broadcast in sd
but have lots of hd cameras. Does the video ever skip
when imported? What about rendering and capturing
video? I am looking for the best video quality possible
and something that is future-proof, but need to edit
this video a lot, and probably will be needing to shoot
about 40 60 minutes of video at a time. My school has
pro and prosumer hdv cameras. Would I run into any
probelms when broadcasting avchd for my case? Please
help me out and I thank you in advance.
Message was edited by: 12mill

12mill wrote:
.. I assumed that the HD cameras were just better in terms of quality even though they we broadcast in standard definition. Is this true?..
this is a very complex issue, when you leave your living room at home = work only with one camera, one computer, one delivery device ..
integration into a structure of editors, rooms, delivery-chains, etc.. a diff. cup of tea..
can others handle your files and hardware?
what about archiving?
what about indexing?
technically, for sure a better input results in better output.
but..
HD is 4-6 more data than SD
HD isn't handled 'natively', you have always add conversion-times on input + render times on ouput
there are diff. standards for HD
no-tripod looks in HD/70" TFT even more worse than SD..
the main assets of each format imho:
• HDV allows easy storage of raws AND of final edits => excellent long-term storage
• SDcard is small and ultra-fast in preview, some models allow 2-8Mpixel-stills WHILE video recording
pic quality is defined by camera (optics, chip size and number, bitrate).
and handling.. a 1/4000 shutter speed in a candle lighted room could result in bad pics..

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