It took me a long time to figure out how to burn AVCHD to a standard DVD or DVD RW. But thanks to the good people on this forum I finally got it. I just wanted to share a few things that may help others.
To author a sharp video in the AVCHD format I turned off: Hardware acclerator (both the open CL option and the enable hardware decoding option) in preferences, unchecked smartfit and true theater sound in the create disc section. I then did an experiment and turned smartfit back on and the video was still very sharp.
I was also able to author a clear bluray disc using the H.264 format which takes less space than mpeg 2 by unchecking hardware acclerator and true theater sound.

thanks everyone

HT Windows 10 professional
HP Omen Obelisk DT 875-1131
Intel Core i7(3.6GHz)
Eight Core
Memory 32 GB
GPU Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super
Power supply 750 Watt


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