Choppy footage is largely a byproduct of slow media drives and native footage, particularly if it is a variant of AVCHD/h.264. The processor has to decode the native files, and that takes some horsepower to play back native AVCHD footage at 1080/30p without dropping frames.
David,
That's why I use a Matrox box, it relieves the processor burden of the CPU and video card. The one I use is a mini-w/max and it will play avchd 1080 real time without dropped frames, at least I haven't seen one. Plays the edit timeline and drives a TV at the same time.
So have you flown your copter around the davenport? Inside joke....
