Best format to offer video as Crowdfunding Perk

Hello,
Seemed the Lounge would be the best place for this, since it is more advice than strictly technical...
I am working on a documentary which I have am crowdfunding for completion funds. Perks include DVD copies of the film. My questions are:
1. I am in New Zealand, and the film was shot in a mixture of 25 and 50fps.
2. Due to a mixture of footage sizes (archival, donated, etc), I am outputting at 720 rather than 1080 so I have some wiggle room.
What is my best option for North America?
DVD: Frame rate conversion issues
BluRay: Is this a viable option? I don't have a BluRay player so I don't know alot of what modern ones are capable of. Can they play a 25 or 50p 720 disc? Do I convert to 24p?
Download: Or, would I just be better off offering a hi-res download, though I'm not really keen on sending out something that easy to copy. I could put a bug on the screen I suppose.
It is a documentary on kayaking, so there is a lot of motion. I can't really fake my way around this.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!
--Bill

The dvds and blurays I make are shot 25i and released as 29.97i. These will play in almost any player worldwide. About 50% of US players will not play 25 fps discs. I use an Alchemist hardware convertor to do the frame rate conversion, this cost about £300 per programme hour in a London post house. I have yet to see any way on how to make money in providing downloads, if anyone knows a way please chime in.

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