720p60 or 1080p30 for Letterboxed SD DVD?

I've been shooting 1080i60 with a Sony V1U for a couple of years, and have never been really happy with the results after using Compressor to convert this footage to letterboxed SD DVDs. (I use frame controls, etc.; still not pleased.)
I now have a Panasonic AG HMC150 camera, which I like a lot better; I've shot footage in 1080p30, and also in 720p60, which really improves pans and motion in general.
My question is, which format will give the best results using Compressor and DVD SP to produce letterboxed SD DVDs?
After shooting a few events (mostly stage plays and concerts in a theatre, without a lot of fast motion) I'll know which I want; I'm just looking for suggestions on which format to start out with, since I won't have time to experiment before the first events, which are coming up this week.

Hopefully this will bump your thread so that actual owners of the 150 will chime in, but in my experience (albeit with material delivered to me) 30p is the sweet spot.
60p doesn't downconvert to SD (and 30i) as well as 30p does.

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