HD to SD to DVD from AVCHD

Hi there.
Thank you so much for creating this great forum.
I am working with HD footage, 1920x1080, AVCHD 1080i60. I imported into iMovie, which changed the frame size to 960x540, then exported as an XML into Final Cut Express.
Now I want to export my finished video to burn onto a DVD. I originally tried using Quicktime Movie, MPEG-4, HD1920x1080 and a data rate of 9000 and the resulting file was pretty good.
Any suggestions?
Thank you so much,
David

Hi Tom.
Thank you for your quick response.
I'm looking for more specifics, if possible, such as which format to export in, and how to adjust the other settings to get a high quality DVD, but I also don't feel like I'm giving you enough info.... so please let me know if that's true and if you know, where I can find it.
I don't know how to find more info on the sequence settings, but maybe this will help...
I shot the footage in HD FH (16Mbps) AVCHD (MPEG-4/H.264) 1920 x 1080/50i.
Imported into iMovie at 960x540.
Exported as XML and imported into Final Cut.
Upon import, Final Cut changed the sequence settings to match the clip settings.
Is that good?
My question is for the purpose of burning a high quality DVD I should export as a Quicktime movie, then compress in another program like MPEG Streamclip or Adobe Media Encoder, and if so, what settings to look for....
Or can I simply export from Final Cut in a format that allows me to burn directly to DVD?
Thanks!
David

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