I am having some similar difficulties, but not quite the same as the OP. I am shooting natively in HDV (I know, but it's all our company can afford), using a Kona LHe to capture into ProRes 422, and downconverting using Compressor. I was actually fairly happy when I viewed the finished product on an HD projection screen (60+"
, but that was playing it through a PS3 that was upconverting it to 1080i. However, I was fairly disappointed when viewing the product on a 13" standard def 4:3 Sony Trinitron monitor. I was not expecting it to look like HD, of course, but I
was expecting it to look at least as good as standard definition footage shot and switched with a composite switcher. However, the product looked soft and washed out when compared to the standard def footage. I know the washed-out look is probably due to the colorspace of HDV, but is there a reason for the softness, and is there a way to fix it? When viewed on an HD monitor during editing (coming out 1080i component from the Kona card) the image looked stunning. I should hope there's a better way out there of doing the down-conversion that produces a crisp image, similar to something you would see in a commercial DVD. Any thoughts?