I read the date of the original post wrong – I thought it was June – guess I’m only a week late. Actually, the print to tape should be as good or better than a DVD since it would not be recompressed, but stay in the DV format.
Good luck. I’m in the middle of my first big HDV project for a client. I’ve done several short projects using Vegas, but this will be longer and involve DVD, BluRay and a high definition file for YouTube or other files.