IMovie to Quicktime using expert export settings - help with size settings

I want to produce PAL DVDs in widescreen format using iDVD. The original video was recorded in standard size and I want to use iMovie HD to produce Quicktime movies for these DVDs.
I am using the expert settings to export to Quicktime files. I am using H.264 compression.
It is the size settings that I need your advice.
Which do I use? PAL 720x576 4:3, or PAL 720x576 16:9, or one of the HD settings?
Do I preserve aspect ratio?
I have looked through many posts, etc but none readily answers my issue with size settings.

Yes - footage is in 4:3
I want to show the DVDs on widescreen TVs but not sure if TVs automatically adjust 4:3
movies into widescreen ratio (say with letterboxing).
For my standard footage video,I guess I am not sure of what ratios I should be using at the iMovie export to QuickTime stage, and then whether to set the iDVD project into 16:9 format, or leave it in 4:3 format and hope to widescreen TV do the converting.

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