Another pixelation problem in DVD SP

Hello All:
I've been getting some severe pixelation in a DVD Studio project.
I received 1920 x 1080 mp4 files from 2-4 hrs in length which needed editing. I transcoded those to 720 x 480 Pro Res files in MPEG Streamclip.
Imported said files and let Final Cut 7.0.3 create sequences for me. Did the editing. All sequences are between 2-2.5 hours in length. Used DVD 150 minute setting in Compressor to create the assets. The test DVD Imade looks very pixelated.
The client says they had another vendor do the same files before, and they looked great--no pixelation.
So, Is there a flaw in my workflow, a setting or settings I need to make, or is WYSIWYG?
Thanks for any help, advice in advance!!

I totally agree with both of you.
I'm going to try one more time--stay 1920 x 1080 ProRes 422 (not LT) and keep the frame size until I send to Compressor. There's almost 20 hours of content, and while 150 minutes is at the hairy edge of things, I'll still try it, because I've edited all my sequences that way.
One thing--does Final Cut X handle mp4 natively, and therefore be able to export a cleaner file?

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