Shooting 720/25p to NTSC DVD?

[Eduardo_Serrano]

Hi guys,

First, i would like to say that i wouldn't have a cam or even be someone :-) if it was not for your great and helpful info i've been digging here for the past 3 years.

So I bought an HVX and a FS-100.

I was invited to shoot a "making of" of a feature in Brazil. My camera is from Europe, hence it's a PAL model. Although PAL is used in Brazil, it's a fairly strange kind of pal and all the DVDs here are NTSC for market purposes.

So the final output for my media is going to be a NTSC DVD.

I was planning to shoot 720/25p (since it's a run and gun situation, i don't want to run out of space) to the firestore and using this extra pixels to stabilize or recompose my footage latter, before conforming to a NTSC SD pic.

Am I dreaming or is this feasible? Also, should I just forget about 720 and go DVCPRO50 instead for a better color space?

I come from a motion design background, so i have somewhat knowledge in the software area.

Any help is fully appreciated guys. Thanks a lot.

Cheers,

Eduardo

PS: I ordered the HVX DVDs and i am looking forward for them.