SD to HD Conversion Using Compressor

I'm preparing a Blu-ray disc using Encore and all of my material, except for one thing, was shot using a Sony HXR-NX5U as 1080p/24. The one clip that is does not conform to this standard was shot using a mini DV camera.
I know that to upconvert this in Compressor, I need to have the Frame Controls turned on and use the Best Resize Filter. However, a few quick questions:
Since this was shot as DV, should I have the output fields match those of the interlaced source, or convert it to progressive?
Are there are recommended settings for Anti-alias and Details Level for upconverting?
Since all of the other material is 1920x1080, should I upconvert this to the same frame size, or only go up to 1280x720?
Should I leave it at 29.97 or convert it to 23.98 to match everything else?
Thanks!
John-Paul

1440x1080 is an anamorphic size so when you take SD anamorphic footage and scale it up to HD in compressor and it will go for 1440x1080. However, according to this article you should be fine to go up to 1920 x 1080.
http://documentation.apple.com/en/finalcutpro/usermanual/index.html#chapter=86%2 6section=12%26tasks=true
If I were you I would upconvert to 1920 x 1080, make progressive (by deinterlacing) but leave the frame rate as is.
As far as I can tell if this is it's own title on the disc then the mixed frame rate shouldn't be a problem.
Hope that helps.

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