Best way to compress to DVD for computer monitors and TVS

Hello
I have to build reels for directors based on samples of their work. I am trying to figure if it is possible to make all their media look good on DVD. Its coming from lots of sources; film, ntsc, pal etc....In order for best DVD viewing (and that means watching on progressive and ntsc monitors) any body recommend what to conform the media to? I have read that all hollywood DVDs have their media at 24p which looks great on all monitors no matter what cause DVD players flag for pulldown and make those conversions themselves.
One of my bosses does not want to see any interlacing ever. Which makes my job very difficult b/c I am making lots of DVDs from 29.97fps footage and on computer monitors, the interlaced frames are very apparent.
thanks for any help,
dan

I guess photo jpeg, is the only chance I've got.
Why?
Photo JPEG is not a format that Final Cut Pro works with natively. You will have to render every time you make a change.
All interlaced formats have the option of making them progressive in QuickTime Player's Export > Options > Settings dialog. You can also do a quick Deinterlace by pressing command and J to get the QT Properties window -click on Video Track at the top, then the deinterlace button at bottom right.
Compressor also has a setting to change field dominance to None and deinterlace (don't use both).

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