John,
Thank you for your detailed reply, and sorry that I took so long to thank you. I’ve been completely absorbed in the project itself, and only now have come up for air.
I’m enough of a video novice that it will take me a while to digest everything you have said.
I guess my main question right now is: If most of my material is high-res stills, and I want to maximize their resolution, why should I not produce in 1080p rather than the NTSC DV you suggested? Am I correct in understanding that this approach would yield better results than NTSC DV on an HDTV capable of 1080p, and would still work on a 720p HDTV (although it would display at 720, not 1080)?
Thanks for your patience.
R