Workflow suggestions HDV to DV edit

I'm not sure if there is better way to do this so I'll ask here. Shot a show recently in HD (Sony Z1U) and brought it into my system through the Sony HVR M10U downconverting through the deck for DV.
What capture settings are optimal and what project settings should I be using? This is going to be ouput to DVD.
Shot a few weeks ago in SD 16:9 and had no issues. There seems to be a difference in the screen real estate used.
Thanks

I've just completed a project with pretty much that same issues: HDV on a Sony V1U with the eventual target DVD (SD, anamorphic widescreen). My computer is a G5 Quad running FCS 2 and OS X 10.4.9.
I captured in HDV using HDV60i preset and edited that way; I have no "green screen" type of editing to do: mostly cuts, opacity ramps, and some very minor color and "brightness" corrections. I then "rendered" which was mostly conforming (about 1.5 times real time on my computer), then exported "reference." I used compressor to do the down-rezzing to SD using mpeg2 4.5-7.0 "best quality, two pass" and AC3 2.0 (stereo). The result looks better than on older project using a Sony PDX10 DV.
I had some issues using ProRes422HD: jaggies. Maybe it was my work flow since I used Quicktime to do the conversions on some test footage, but they looked TERRIBLE. Maybe compressor would do better, or setting up a ProRes422 sequence. But the cost is LOTS of disk space compared to HDV.
I have tried the Bonzai solution in the past with FCS 1 and it did help; with FCS 2, it seems that compressor has solved it's little problem with resolution transcoding. I like to avoid converting to DV either in the computer or using the camera because you drop to 4:1:1 color space and that really hurts the video quality. Staying with HDV (or DVCPRO HD or DVCPRO50 or ProRes 422 are supposed to be even better) keeps the color space at 4:2:0 for less vertical banding.
But try some test footage especially with high contrast diagonal edges in the video, and especially with RED to (other) sharp edges. See what works for you and report back here...please.
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