Help: Canon HF200 footage + Sony Vegas 9 Rendering

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I'm a noob and this is my first post, please be patient.

I've been on the web/YouTube all day trying to figure out the best render settings (using Sony Vegas 9) for the HD footage I shot with my Canon Vixia HF200.

I shot video at full HD camera settings (MXP 24Mbps, 60i frame rate).

I've seen a lot of different settings to use for project video properties and render settings.

Which video properties and render settings should i set if I want 1080 video? I either pick settings that make it skip or the colors get washed or it's fuzzy.

How about it I want to bring the 1080 video down to 720, which project properties and render settings do i use?

Thank you for anyone willing to help me out... it's been a frustrating day.

Btw, I can play the raw files from my camera on my computer without issues.