I've got the Intel Mac Pro with HD-SDI / HDMI in.. you build that kind of functionality for the Macintosh, natively, and you'll have another buyer ;) Because, all in one step in OS X, that’d be pretty darn cool.

In light of my recent findings, I must say, the original poster was way off. Once properly treated - and it's not hard, the tools are easily at hand - the HV20's 24P footage is truly true 24P, just like we've all been saying all along. The chroma is fine - I messed up my reverse telecine before, but now that it's done without tinkering, it works as it should. Rest easy - the HV20 will take care of the rest.

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for Robert:
 

Hey Robert,
When in FCP, don't "rotate" the image, but rather, use "flip." (or is it "Flop"? I'm not sure off hand.)
Check both the "vertical" and "horizontal" boxes, and it will get your image in the correct orientation without the need for rendering anything.

The image quality will be better, too.

Just a trick I discovered.

joel

Aye Serge, thanks for steering me on the right track with that FPS thing. ;)

Joel, good idea. However, I just spent five minutes scrutinizing the frames that I rotated, and there is no detectable image loss. So the 'flip' filter might be faster, but I can't see how it'll make the image better. Thanks though.