Choosing Sequence Presets for AVCHD

Greetings:
I have a new Panasonic HDC-HS100PC video camera. It records AVCHD video - whatever that means.
When I import this video and then select one of the imported segments and look at it's properties, it says the following:
Image Size: 1920 x 1080
Pixel Depth: 32
Frame Rate: 29.97
Source Audio Format: 48000 Hz - compressed - 6 channels
Project Audio Format: 48000 Hz - 32 bit floating point - 6 channels
and I'm pretty sure it is interlaced - not progressive scan.
What I can't figure out is what Sequence Preset to use. I assume that I should use one from the sub-group called AVCHD and I also gather that I should use 1920x1080i. But I am not sure if I should use i30 or i60.
I am going to have to build my project for DVD using standard 720x480 NTSC video for some of my viewers (ie: my Mom). Does the input video preset impact the resulting output? Is there a "good" way to do this?
Thanks in advance to anyone that replies.
Mark Roberts,
Toronto

Genoism's confusion is a direct result of camera makers not using proper terminology, and the general populace continuing that error through to common usage.
Bottom line is one should always and only list frames, never fields. Technically, there is no such thing as 60i, which properly means 60 interlaced frames per second. You can have 60 progressive, but not 60 interlaced.
Further, saying "interlaced fields" is redundant. Kind of like saying a "female woman". Well, all woman are female by default. There's no need to say both. Likewise, when you list the "i", meaning interlaced, we know the field rate will be double the frame rate. There's no need to list both.
Always and only list frames. Pass the word.

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