canofhumdingers said:
Perhaps I should make a thread on it in the technical section (i did a search but came up empty) but is there a way to put out a an HD version that can be burned to disc and easily watched on any standalone bluray player without having to actually burn a bluray (to my knowledge blu ray burners still aren't all that common, or cheap)? I've seen the term avchd or something mentioned here before & get the impression that might be what it is, but I really don't know.
Yes. It's called an AVCHD, and most blu-ray players will play them. Typically a dual-layer DVD is used.