DVD players can only do 720x480. Your camcorder can record at 1920x1080. I think I had figured that out to a standard DVD only being able to display 16.7% of the quality your camcorder captures.

If you have a Blu-Ray player, you can burn an normal DVD +/-R as an AVCHD DVD and you'll get the full detail. But, only if you have a Blu-Ray player. Also, a single layer blank DVD can only hold 20 minutes of HD Video.

I'm not sure if PD6 has the AVCHD burn option though. Until you get a Blu-Ray player you're just stuck with a resolution of 7240x480. There's also re-encoding involved and I've had good and bad results myself so far. DVD HQ is your best option without a Blu-Ray player.

Just save the original source files (the .mts files). Maybe next Christmas Blu-Ray players will drop below the $100 mark.

Quote: Hello Everyone,
Can somebody suggest which one I should choose to maximize the best quality from my camera.

I only have PD7 but if PD6 uses the same rendering engine then I recommend you make two final products. Render one using the BD 1080 format and keep this on your PC as a back up for later (as Walker says - you will eventually have a BD player). Then create a second product onto DVD. Not only do you lose definition you add artifacts when you render to DVD quality with Powerdirector. Definitely don't render to AVCHD if you have this option - it is very poor with PD and SD9 clips. (search "AVCHD" for more info)

Thank you to Walker & PJC
I was unaware of all that you mentioned and you have saved me time and frustration.

Quote: Definitely don't render to AVCHD if you have this option - it is very poor with PD and SD9 clips. (search "AVCHD" for more info)

I'm not following that part. With a BluRay player, burned AVCHD videos look as good to my eyes as the original MTS files from the camcorder.

Have a look at this post:

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/3991.page#16256