Convert 1080 30p HDV to SD DVD - Help!!

This may have been solved already on here but I couldn't find it so here I go. I have footage shot with the new Sony HVR-S270u HDV camera in 1080 30P mode. I'm trying to figure out what would be the best workflow. I need to be able to give the client SD DVDs now and then later be able to produce blu-ray discs when available. My thought was to edit everything now in HD and then down convert the edited project in compressor with the SD DVD presets. I've tested that method and it works, ok? Have some flicker at times in the motion scenes. Is this the best way or close with some tweeking?
Could I edit it in DVCAM mode to produce the SD DVDs and then when I'm ready for the Blu-ray recapture from the tapes to HD?
Any help and guidance would be much appreciated.
Mike

I'm shooting mostly school plays and concerts. The lighting is not ideal and usually fairly dim compared to what video or film actually wants. I've found that with the Sony V1U, which is not a great low light camera, shooting in 30p allows the shutter to be as slow as 1/30 of a second, so the camera doesn't need as much auto gain to give me the brightness I want. So there is less noise that way. I capture that in ProRes 422 30p (you have to set it up manually, there is no easy preset for it). When things move rapidly, I get blur rather than interlace "lines". I like it better. Many shoot in 24p for similar reasons: motion blur and film look. I'm never going to film, so 30p is better for me.
The only issue I've ever found is when the light is pretty bright (outside on sunny day), the shutter speed gets faster, like 1/250th of a second or more. Then motion is not so blurred, and you get "judder:" the picture jumps from one image to the next more obviously. If you freeze frame on each one, it is a pretty good snap shot every 1/30th of a second. WIth 60i, you get 1/2 the frame every 1/60th of a second which is the proceeded the other 1/2 1/60th of a second later. Most TV sets show that pretty smoothly, but you can still get interlace lines. It all depends on YOUR preferences and those of your audience.
I find that they both down-rez to SD using compressor quite well and using either HDV or ProRes can produce equally good results. With HDV, you don't get 30p on capture, but 60i with each frame being 1/2 of the 30p frame. I find that the ProRes 30p compresses marginally better on fast action.
My suggestion: get a camera and a tape and shoot bunch of stuff at 1080i60 (outdoors, indoors, high contrast, stripes (H and V and diagonal), low light, lots of light, using ND filters (built into my V1U); then shoot the same or similar stuff in 30p.
Capture all that stuff in HDV native, ProRes 60i and 30p (for the stuff shot in 30p). Put it into FCP timelines and then compress to SD using compressor. Use DVD SP to create a DVD with all of the various tests on it (properly labeled with titles and menus) so you know what's what. Then view that DVD on a variety of TV set and computer monitors (if computers are part of you delivery). You'll know pretty quickly what works for you.
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