What video settings should I select for 60m of video in iMovie

My gear: HDTV, DVD player that upconverts to 1080i, Canon HG10 HD camcorder
I record in HD. I have both an HDTV and a 4:3 standard TV. I don't have a Bluray player, nor do I want to invest in one at the moment.
I only need to record 60 minutes of video at a time to a single DVD.
Question: what settings in iMovie should I use to ensure the BEST video quality when I play back on my HDTV and DVD player that upconverts?

If you shoot 30p, ingesting 960x540 should be enough for your DVD output. If you use 60i, then importing and outputting at 1080i would be important to maintain 60Hz motion smoothness. (You shouldn't use stabilization or cropping while editing to avoid damaging 60i.) Then use MPEG streamclip or JES deinterlacer to resize 1080i 60 to 480i 60 to feed DVD authoring tool.
Or, you may want to use iMovie09 only as an importing tool for AVCHD video. Use imported movie (1080i AIC) in iMovieHD to edit movie and send it to iDVD, which will preserve 60i motion.

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