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I'm not sure that your basic question was answered. "...does the camcorder download into your editing program the video in HD or SD or both..."
The answer is that (at least for the Sony HDV tape cameras) they offer an option to download from the camera as HD or SD. So even if your computer is not "current", you could download as SD and edit as your have in the past, but you can retain the original HD content in case you ever want to use it as HD in the future.
The answer is that (at least for the Sony HDV tape cameras) they offer an option to download from the camera as HD or SD. So even if your computer is not "current", you could download as SD and edit as your have in the past, but you can retain the original HD content in case you ever want to use it as HD in the future.