16:9 looks squashed on playback

help....
i film in 16:9 and edit in final cut express, no problem, also the resulting dvd will play on tv ok. why does the same disc not look right when played on my mac, the widescreen aspect is squashed down to 4:3, surely idvd should be able to produce a dvd that will look right on a computer screen, also when i burn a disc in idvd 6 on my dual core imac and then try to play it on my powermac g5 i get a disc not supported message, whats all that about?
if idvd cannot produce a widescreen disc that can play on tv and on computer in the correct aspect, what can i use instead?
hope someone can help, i hope it's just me missing something.
cheers
chris.

If you're not coming from iMovie, iDVD needs extra info to know that your movie is anamorphic.
Use this:
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