HDV or ProRes for exporting to MPEG2??

I want to master a 90 minute HDV show.
I've been getting odd little glitches going straight from the HDV timeline (all original clips, dissolves, effects, etc.) exporting out through Compressor to MPEG2.
This time I want to create a master Quicktime, and export THAT through Compressor to MPEG2.
Would I be better off with an HDV Quicktime, or a ProRes Quicktime? And if ProRes, which ProRes to get the best end results on the MPEG2?
All ears,
Ben

I rescind my previous comment.
The very BEST way to get the CLEANEST and SHARPEST MPEG2 is to go straight from the FCP timeline with all the original clips, dissolves, effects etc. I tried a ProRes master QT at 116 gigs; I tried an HDV master QT (at 16 gigs) ... both imported straight into Compressor. The ProRes was the softest, mushy, though the dissolves were the cleanest.
The very best was the FCP HDV timeline straight to Compressor and out as an MPEG2. And it was by far the cleanest and sharpest.
Now we wait a week for the next update ... and everything will change. I just found out I can get a hardware created (Pioneer) .m2v file done for $150 ... and according to the replicator on the phone it's as good as the Hollywood versions (he says he'd mastered the same film both from his own Pioneer setup and with the Hollywood setup ... and they were indistinguishable. There, if he's right I could have saved tying up my system for a week doing renders.
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