Highest Quality HD Export Setting

Hi again. I've finished a project and want to export it in the absolute HIGHEST quality available, using Compressor. Could somebody tell me what codec that is? By the way, I am going to be presenting this film on a profession 36 foot screen, so I want the best quality for a large screen. File size is NOT an issue. Please note that I will be using DVD Studio Pro to put it on DVD, so I will also need a codec that is compatible with DVDSP.
Thanks!

You're going to have to export 2 different files, one for projection and one for dvdsp. For projection I'd recommend an mpeg2program stream. This will maintain your pixel dimensions and frame rate and produce a great looking file. I've delivered this format for use in professionally projected venues and it plays smoothly off servers designed for this. It will usually play just fine on my dual2.5gig G5 and my macbookpro laptop. However, you will need to test it on the equipment that it will be shown with.
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