Filming in HD question.

I have been using Sony DV handycams since 1999 or so.
I send Christmas DVDs to family members, many far flung around the globe.
They reciprocate and it is fun. Taking 4-5 hrs of incredibly boring family videos and shrinking it down to 45 mins of fun stuff to music.
Like millions of other consumers, finally got an HD TV, ect.
Lately I have been looking at the Sony HDR-HC1 HD camcorder.
In a few years we all will have DVD players that play HD and our Macs will burn HD on the DVD format.
Like yours, my kids are growing up fast. Can we shoot in HD now and produce the DVDs (DV format) I have for the last few years? I hate to not be using HD, but yet I can only distribute DV work now on DVD.
In other words, can we shoot in HD all year, then when exporting our project let it "mix down" or compress to plain old DV for placement on a DVD? Surely by 2007 the whole Blue-Ray DVD-HD thing will be over and there will be a "winner" manufacturers will center around.
Thoughts?
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