Hi, I know this has been asked a million times over, so I'm sorry. But even with searching I could not quite find the exact info I needed. I am so new So forgive me if I am redundant here.

I have a cybershot sony tx10 that takes 1080i avchd vids (1440x1080). And so I have questions about production and burning with PowerDirector 7 (Ultra I believe).

1) What is the highest quality file I can use to save my work in and so that I can burn it to bluray disks later down the road when I get a burner?
In the "Produce File", I see HD options under Mpeg-2 as well as under AVCHD. Which is confusing for me. And within those two areas, there are even more choices for HD files that have my head spinning. The capured vids I am working with are 1440x1080; 1080i; AVCHD; m2ts (I didn't know which info you needed there).

For example, I see the following options that seem to match my raw files (0r do I rule out the 1920 right off the bat?). I can't remember if there are even more to choose from:
MPEG-2 BD -- 1440x1080 -- .mpg -- 24.83Mbps -- 298MB
MPEG-2 BD -- 1920x1080 -- .mpg -- 24.73Mbps -- 296MB
MPEG-2 HDV -- 1440x1080 -- .mpg -- 24.67Mbps -- 295MB
H.264 AVCHD-24Mbps -- 1920x1080 -- .m2t -- 16.78Mbps -- 204MB
H.264 AVCHD -- 1440x1080 -- .m2t -- 16.77Mbps -- 198MB


2) For burning to standard disks, what is the best file to select (considering my raw file type)?
Do I select mpeg-2 hq just as before with any other camera that captures in mpeg-2 to burn to a normal disk? OR, should I save it to some sort of HD file and burn that to a normal disk. If so which type of hd file is best?
*In summary, I am so hoping i can now use a higher quality option other than mpeg2 hq for a standard disk being that I now have an HD camera (i know you cannot view HD on standard disks). I know it's best to match your raw file types, but thats the problem ... what matches mine best, or doesnt it matter and I should convert to mpeg2?

3) I read somewhere that there are actually two ways to go for a standard disc. One was to do the mpeg-2 for standard players, but the other was to use some sort of avchd for HD compatable players (but the later would only play on HD players). Is that true? Here I was thinking I had to save two file types, one for Bluray down the road (the highest quality) and the other for standard disks. But in actuality do I need to safe three file types (one for standard disks that HD players read)? Rebecca Stout