HD camcorder: 30p, 24p or 60i?

[cheerful]

I just bought a Canon Vixia HF 200.

I'd think progressive is better than interlaced. Is that true?

Which frame rate should I use? 24 or 30? 24 seems to give each frame more bits. But most display are 60 Hz, matches 30p not 24p. 120p display is quite expensive right now.

Thanks!

[aedipuss]

what camcorder? and what is the final playback format going to be? dvd, blu-ray, youtube?

[cheerful]

Canon Vixia HF 200, FXP, 17 Mbps.

The playback is intended to be on bluray. Would also want to create DVD for grandpa.

Thanks

[aedipuss]

for most things shooting in 60i would be best. keeping it interlaced for dvd makes things easier and it's fine for blu-ray. i'd shoot 30p if you were going to put all the vids online. 24p is not really useful, too slow for normal activity.

[cheerful]

I just learned that Bluray does not support 30p directly. It's treated as 60i. I'd think it plays fine, right? Premiere does not have a template for it but it should not be hard to come up with a custom one.

My guess is that for moving subject, 60i would be smoother since the framerate is twice as high. Is it right?

Thanks!

[edDV]

60i for hand held.

30p for streaming

https://forum.videohelp.com/topic373851.html

[kyrkbymannen]

I have made this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiY4pKlU8lA

[edDV]

Both are jerky in pan/tilt.

1080i is being converted to 30p by Youtube?