Compressing DVCPRO HD vs HDV

Hello,
I am looking for general impressions on the ease and quality of compressing a 720 30p recording in either DVCPro HD or HDV using the latest versions of FCP and Compressor. Will there be differences in quality encoding to a SD DVD between the two? Will one take less encoding time or require fewer work arounds? What about encoding to H.264? If I know the final output needs to be a SD DVD, am I better off working from a DVCPro 50 recording or down converting a DVCPro HD or HDV to maximize quality?
Thanks, Drew Harty
G5 dual 1.8 4 gig RAM   Mac OS X (10.3.7)  

Thanks David. I'm aware of all this. For future extensibility, the MAC and storage I will purchase will accomodate anything up to Uncompressed 2K HD. However, for the near-term I will be sourcing only DVCPRO-HD (from the HVX200 via the options you cited).
Let me rephrase my specific questions:
1. EDIT: Given MAC/storage/monitor that will well accomodate uncompressed, is the *FCP edit experience* better with native DVCPRO-HD or uncompressed (though it may be counter-intuitive, the FCP manual seems to suggest uncompressed provides a better RT edit experience). Has anyone out there experienced both ways?
2. AUTHOR to HD DVD (whether Blu Ray or 'HDDVD'): Is it easier/faster to go from DVCPRO-HD timeline or 10-bit Uncompressed 4:2:2 timeline to Hd DVD? Again, has anyone out there had both experiences?
Thanks!
moldy

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