Pioneer DV400 is a DVD player? Hindi talaga mababasa yon sir. Dapat BD player na AVCHD compatible (not all BD players are AVCHD compatible).
AVCHD is a format based on BD for consumer videocams, designed to be compatible with BD. Container is m2ts, codec is H.264, just like BD.
Mas strict ang specs nito compared with mkv, so playback should be more reliable than mkv made by inexperienced encoders.
Dahil bawal ang torrent discussions, eto na lang ang tip ko --- try googling "HD-R-US". That guy is an AVCHD expert. 1920x1080 resolution, 4.6 Gig lang, but astounding PQ and AQ!
Burn with ImgBurn --- free program but high-end, much better than Nero.
http://www.imgburn.com/Best encoder --- multiAVCHD. Also free.
http://multiavchd.deanbg.com/ Don't use a menu para mas trouble-free.