720p24 compression to SD DVD PLEASE HELP!!!

Hello all, I just finished a project in 720/24 and I've been tearing my hair out trying to find the right compression settings to burn a SD 4.7GB DVD. My footage looks absolutely terrible and doesn't do it any justice at all. Does anyone know the right compression settings and DVD studio 4 settings to have a quality 720p24 SD DVD?

Yes, if you would, kindly post what settings you used to solve your problem.
It might help others. I've been working on a project with 720p from a Panasonic AVX-200, and would be curious to see what settings you ended up using.
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