SDV on a Hi Def Monitor

I recently created an in-store video for one of my clients. It had been running on a standard def monitor but they have remodeled and added a big honking 42" hi def flat screen TV...and the film looks really bad running on this monitor.
The film was created as SDV in FCP and authored as an SDV progressive scan DVD in DVDSP. It is being played on some junky DVD/VHS combo player (because a lot of legacy VHS stuff from suppliers.)
What can I do in FCP (or DVDSP for that matter) to help the "up conversion" and make this film look better. Once Hi Def DVD players are out they will go that route but in the interim what can I do to improve the picture...if anything?
Thanks
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Ya ... I would go back and online the project if you did not already capture it uncompressed. Then reauthor the DVD with the highest mpeg compression bit rate possible ...
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