Hi Chris,
first allow me to congratulate you on your video work, shooting and editing for LL! I think I read somehwere not that long ago that you use a G5 dual core 2,66 Ghz, would that be correct? I think it was in a thread about converting LL to iPod etc. I was just astonished about it as I would imagine for video work you would use a really juicy 8 core with RAID-0 etc.
As for HD, I did not mean to question your decision to call it HD Chris, it is just that I am puzzled and curious about the choice of 960x540. Please know, I am new to all that stuff and I wonder about the scalability of the somewhat unusual resolution. I can not test this at the moment, but if I would need to upscale a non 1080p source I would have two options in my setup, have the upscaling done through the blue ray player, this requires a DVD version of LL video, or have it done through my amp, using the build in REON VX HQV chip. Hoewever, this requires HMDI connection if I am not mistaken, and I would not know how to connect my MacbookPro to the amp as it has no HDMI output. Again, I am not questioning your quality work or choices, I am just puzzled by all that stuff at the moment.
What cam are you using for your 1080p content? Is the sound recorded through the camera or seperate? If memory serves there were some more or less severe lip sync issues on some camera to raw clips.
Best
Georg
P.S.
Can Final Cut produce some psychodelic colors enhancing Jeff's shirts? I'd be tempted to use such enhancement every time he takes the mickey. <grin>