CS3...Exporting 24F HDV to DVD

Hi, I have a question regarding the exporting of HDV footage to DVD from Premiere Pro CS3.
I have Adobe Encore installed, and prior to using HDV, I would export my timeline from Premiere to Encore, and get a .m2v file and audio file.  I had everything all set up, where I exported the timeline in NTSC Widescreen high quality.  All of that was a result of a lot of help from this forum a year ago, which told me exactly the proper settings to use (bitrate, frames, etc).
But now, since I'm using HDV 24F footage captured from a Canon XH-A1, on a 24F project timeline, I am lost on what to do for exporting to encore.
There are several Blu Ray options, but I do not know which one would be best, and even if that file would still burn to a normal DVD.
Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
- Ken

Could you explain what "60i wrapper" means?  If it's too complex and time consuming, I can look it up.  I'd just rather hear it from someone's own words.
And for exporting, the format I did for my SD timelines was MPEG2-DVD.  What I need to know is what preset I need in the options,  to get the best quality from the HDV footage.
I tried the one I would use for the SD (Widescreen NTSC 23.97 High quality), and it looked bad.  I know there are options that don't specify the frame rate in the headline, but when going to the options for frame rate, there is no 24 listed.  So this is the area I need help on to know how to not lose quality.
Thank you

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    I am like very into pictures and illustrations ..... and if it wasn't for the "classics" series of comics ( re: "The Fall Of The Roman Empire" etc)..I would never have graduated from 5th Grade.
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