Best Quality or Best Preformance

I am curious as to which is the better setting?
I know I can get more material on each DVD if I use the best quality setting. Size isn't usually an issue that's why I am unsure as to which setting to use.
A little background info: I am video taping a bands concerts and making DVDs for them. I want to give them best product that I can.
Also anyone know how I can take a 12GB DV file and burn the raw data file to DVD so the bands web master can chop of the video to use on thier website?
Thanks,
Keith

Keith and everyone who has chimed in:
How do you format your external HD so that a PC will recognize the Mac OS extended format. I know my flash drives are recognized by both, but is it the same with the larger external drives. Just curious.
Keith--Personally I have had no problems with my Lacie externals, but I would be a little careful with transporting them...seems like sometimes people have failures with them just sitting on their desks.
As far as raw footage to DVD being expensive...If I'm understanding you...12 GB=3 DVD's/concert x 10 concerts=30 total DVD's. With decent DVD's being less than $1 a piece, really doesn't seem that bad.
Whatever method you use, get an external to back up your files!!
T.

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