PP1.5 - Help on converting 16:9  video shot on GL2

I borrowed a GL2 to shoot a graduation ceremony.  The camera was set to 16:9, I know the camera only has a 4:3 chip (I'm still learning a lot..so please give me a break).  I need to output to DVD.  I now don't care if the output is 4:3 or 16:9 but I want the quality to be there.  What is the best solution?
I've tried opening a 16:9 project and outputing it to DVD using a 16:9 vbr, 2 pass setting.  I've tried opening up a 4:3 and importing the video.  Premiere then rendered it (i think) to 4:3 but that seemed to lose qaulity.   Any help would be appreciated.

If the footage is shot as 16:9 then make it into a widescreen project and burn it as 16:9 to dvd.
Don't change it to 4:3 that will give you quality loss as you already found out.

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