What is the best HD output format for .MTS files?

Hi guys,
I'm in trouble with .MTS files taken from a Sony videocam.
Everything works and I get my final movie in mpeg2 (or H.264) Blu-ray and the final BDisk looks pretty.
But a friend of mine has edited some of these clips with Sony Vegas and his video is more definited than mine.
I tried in many ways to change some output settings like "same as source HD" or changing bitrates, GOP, VBR (single or double) in HD 1080i setting (yes, the clips are interlaced)........... but my final results are everytime less definited than Sony does with just a (bloody) default setting.
Any idea to improve the output quality of these files?
Thanks in advance
Giorgio

Hi Bill,
nice to hear you.
Unfortunately these tips have not given me an help.
My way of doing is:
Check the input files (format, interlaced or progressive, bitrate, framerate, fields, pixel, extension name etc.....) with MediaInfo.
Open the proper Premiere project (in this case AVCHD 1080i square pixel)
Edit and output using Mpeg2 Blu-ray  or H.264 Blu-ray using the best settings I can..
In this case I've tried ALSO to output a movie as much as possible similar to the input format, looking at the GOP also (premiere gives as default  M3 N15, but the source is M2 N13): no way indeed!!!!
My fear is that Pr doesn't hold .MTS files properly as Vegas does.
Strange: Vegas is a Sony product as the videocam I've taken the files from.
I hope I'm doing something wrong but I'm afraid I had to edit this files with Vegas.
Tell me I'm wrong, please
Giorgio

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