Hi--

>yes but several top pros are specifically recommending the XL1 frame mode
>for TV - check out
>http//www.dirckhalstead.org/issue9712/pappasreview.htm
>
>and there are many more!

I think they are wrong, for the reason you discovered...;-)
Video shot non-interlaced for an interlaced TV medium
throws away one of the best virtues of video (vs. film)
the ability to show motion sharply. For reasons unknown,
it is appealing to some to try to duplicate one of the
greatest faults of film with video by going to frame mode.
Kinda silly, I think...;-) I have fun moving the video camera
(usually with a wide angle attached), or at least panning and
zooming during a shot - all these look worse (and nothing looks
better) using frame mode - so why would one use it for TV????
The whole frame-mode fad is silly - even for low-res use on
computers one normally drops alternate scan lines, automatically
rendering the video "frame mode", so what's the point other than
for uselessly low-res still-frame grabbing...?