Hollywood DVD 16:9 Full Screen setting?

You know when you put in a Hollywood movie DVD in a DVD player outputing to a HDtv how the DVD player knows to make the 16:9 image fullscreen instead of letterbox?  How do they do that?  Is there a special setting or information the DVD player requires to know to take this action?
I have scanned the forums and understand that the DVD player itself (along with the hdtv) has to be set to display for 16:9 (and with that being a constant) I want to make sure that the DVD player will know that the disc I have created contains a 16:9 formatted video that should be displayed full screen without the letterbox.  I am creating these videos using Premier and Encore CS5.
If you would be so kind, could you list the format settings I should be using to edit with using AVCHD in premier, and then the export/encoding settings for making the DVD in encore.  Also if there are any special setting I have to make to the creation of DVD itself to let the DVD player know to play 16:9 full screen on a HDtv.
I am wanting to make a checklist of sorts to insure that DVD's that I create will display as I intend.
Thanks for your help in advance.
Additional information that should be considered a given:
HDtv settings: 1080i, 1080p, 720p
DVD setting:  Display 16:9

As long as you are talking about DVD (and not bluray), you understand what you need:  you instruct the DVD player on what kind of TV is hooked up - and it is not HD vs SD, but 16:9 vs 4:3 that is at issue.  Just put the widescreen on your DVD.  It will play widescreen on a widescreen TV, and letter boxed on a 4:3.
How to get avchd onto a dvd is another topic; several threads in these forums.

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