how do you make .MTS files playable on a TV?

Thanks for the replies. Bluray player didnt recognise the files either.

It's a small number of videos at this point so I'll just convert what I have to mpeg, and going forward I'll keep the original folder structure intact for new videos.

But wow, this is disappointing. I would have expected a Panasonic TV & Bluray player to be able to interpret this Panasonic-(co-)designed format more intelligently.