Zoomable HDTV settings in AI

I'm shooting an HDTV program that will use illustrations created by an artist using Adobe Illustrator CS 5. I'm using Adobe Premiere CS5 to edit, with HDTV settings of 1920 x 1080 pixels. I'm trying to determine what Adobe Ilustrator settings to have the artist use to create illustrations that I can zoom into in Premiere. I'm using DVCPRO HD footage. The "Video and Film" DVCPRO HD 1080 preset in AI sets the pixels at Width: 1920 and Height 1080. If I was going to use the illustrations full screen, the presets would be fine. But should I increase the pixel count in both the width and height to create an illustration that will stay sharp if I zoom in on it? Increasing width and height each by a factor of three would give me Width: 5760 and Height: 3240. Also, should I increase the Raster Effects screen in the Advanced settings from 72 ppi to 300 ppi? I've been experimenting with these settings, but I'd like to know I'm using settings that look OK now and won't create problems for me at a later stage of the project.
Also, the DVCPRO HD preset in Adobe Photoshop sets the width at 1280 and the height at 1080. Can anyone explain the difference in the setting from Photoshop to Illustrator? I see that the DVCPRO HD footage I import to Premiere reads as 1280 x 1080, and I understand there's some sort of conversion. Sure would like to understand more about it. Anyone know if a good tutorial that explains this?
Thanks much.

You can set the artboard dimensions to your own values.
Regarding the zooming: In After Effects you can choose to continouusly raster a layer so that zooming in is possible. Maybe you have this setting as well in Premiere.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/aftereffects/cs/using/WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7e84 a.html#WS3878526689cb91655866c1103906c6dea-7f49a

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Terence Devlin wrote:
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dross333 wrote:
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dross333 wrote:
Hi, I just got an HDTV and am a little confused as to what are the "best" settings for video. When I go into the FIOS video menu I'm a little confused.
Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated.
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The "best" settings are what looks best to you. That being said, it also depends on the TV you are hooking up to. Ideally it should be set to the aspect ratio of your TV (I'm assuming that would be 16:9 for an HDTV) and the native resolution for HD (1080i or 720p - depends on your TV and I am assuming you have a flat panel and not a CRT set).
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