Editing a High Def Video

[Avsfan]

I have a new Sony HD camcorder, HDR-XR150, and have a question about editing the HD video. I'm hoping to get a much better picture quality than standard def but I still want to burn as DVD's and not Blue Ray. If I import these into PRE 9 with presets as HD, will I get an improved quality video output? is this the correct manner in which to accomplish this? any help would be much appreciated.

computer specs:
- Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-950 quad-core [3.06GHz, 1MB L2 + 8MB shared L3cache]
- 16GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM [4 DIMMs]
- 2TB RAID 0 (2 x 1TB SATA HDDs)
- 2GB DDR3 AMD Radeon HD 6570 [DVI, HDMI. VGA adapter]

[Chuck Engels]

Standard Definition is just that, 720 x 480 interlaced video. Now I will say that the image quality and colors have been much nicer when downconverting HD video to SD video. So I will say, yes you are doing the correct thing starting with HD and then burning DVDs from the HD project. And I will also say that the video will most probably be a little better looking than if you used a SD camcorder, just don't expect miracles

HD video on a Blu Ray disc, now that is something amazing, and for someone that have spent so many years looking at SD video somewhat of a miracle

[George Tyndall]

is this the correct manner in which to accomplish this? any help would be much appreciated.

All my PRE editing is HD. If I want to burn a DVD in addition to a Blu-ray disc, I select Share>DVD>Burn to Folder and then burn the DVDs from the folder, using the free software ImgBurn.

In addition, I always try to keep the video short enough that no compression is required when burning the DVD.

[Avsfan]

great, thanks for the confirmation as well as the quick response, do appreciate it!