Mixing XDCAM HD 24p and HDV 1080 60i?

How do I mix 24P footage with HDV 60i footage
I have tried dragging the 60i footage onto the 24p time timeline but the HDV looks awful. Should I be converting the 24p footage to 60i then proceeding from there?
I had some luck using compressor, exporting the HDV using HD uncompressed 10 bit 1080 p24, then importing that file into my XDCAM 24p timeline. The HDV picture improves but it is not brilliant.
Perhaps my question is: Is there a way using Cinema Tools or compressor to mix the two formats? Do I have to use a Kona card? And when I export the final project, will the quality of the XDCAM footage be preserved?
thanks if you can help

If you have to mix the footage, you might try adding pulldown to the 24P footage to make it run at 30. I believe Graeme's Standards converter will add pulldown - or Shake. Then you can cut the 30fps footage into a 60i timeline...
As to dealing with HDV native timeline - maybe you should edit in a AIC timeline?
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