To answer your questions:
1. Everything is in NTSC – DV Widescreen
2. I am using lower first field
3. Everything looks great in AE and then blurry when brought into Premiere (during preview and export lossless)
4. Yes – using the Premiere Program monitor to preview the video and it is set to full resolution. Looks the same in paused or not paused.
Thanks for your help 🙂