Add 16:9 bars on a HDV footage

My footage is HDV 1080i (1440X1080). I want to add 16:9 black bars on it, because I like the look. This is for just for an extra feature in the DVD, the main movie will be in Widescreen.
1 How can I add the black bars in FCP ?
2 On a widescreen TV, it will appear full screen with the bars on top and bottom.
On a 4:3 TV: In a pan-scan or a 16:9 anamorphic, it will be fine.
Now what about a 16:9 letterbox ? From what I understand, it will put black bars on top of my black bars... That might not look good if the black is not 100 % black...
Does anyone has a suggestion on this? Does the 16:letterbox on a 4:3 TV is the most common when watching DVD in the US?

Well, if you add bars to the top & bottom of a 16x9 file and play that back on a 16x9 tv, what do you think you're going to get?
Either a 16x9 frame squashed to 2.35:1 or so, or a 4x3 letterboxed image in the middle of the screen, with black bars on the sides.
It sounds to me like both the main feature and special features were filmed 16x9. And you want them both to display the same way. So why are you trying to force a different workflow? I mean, do it if you want to, but make sure you screen it on a widescreen TV before you mass produce it, because I think you'll see what I'm trying to say, since I'm obviously not explaining it that well on here.

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You mean it does not show bars in the Canvas? then why I see gray bars sometime?
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Yes I mean you are not supposed to see black bars in the Canvas!!
My guess is that the grey bars you are seeing are part of the Viewer or Canvas because you have changed the aspect ratio of your footage as you described above. They are not part of your footage! so you can ignore them. They are part of the FCP User Interface.
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