Producing movies for PAL as widescreen 16:9

Hi all
I have FCE 4/Quicktime Pro/iLife 09 and want to make my movies to play on my widescreen HD ready TV, however I seem to mostly end up with 4 x 3 movies, which is frustrating, as well as being a waste of discs. My camera is a Panasonic NV-GS75 using Mini DV tape with a widescreen facility which I have set it to. I have also tried using iMovie with XML export to FCE4.
What I would like is a sure fire formula to make my movies as widescreen for PAL which would use the whole screen, even with my TV being 1080 HD. I occasionally make wedding video's for friends which in the past I produced on iLife 06 but I want fancy transitions and to get it right before I ply for further trade.
Can anyone out there help !!!

Thanks Tom
I will give that a try. Do I also need to check the anamorphic tab on all the clips I use in FCE, or just the sequence, and what setting should I use in QT conversion to ensure the best quality for TV viewing ?
Sorry for so many questions !!!

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