Best way to share HD .mov without degradation

Exported my iPhoto slideshow to a HD (1920x1080) Quicktime movie and would now like to share with friends as a keepsake, without losing photo quality. I have read plenty on this forum about DVDs being SD, so iDVD won't cut it. Does the same hold true if I merely copy the .mov file to a DVD (like a backup)? This would be intended for viewing on a Mac or PC (assuming friends have Quicktime), not on a DVD player. It's a pretty large file (525mb), so I'd rather not post it to a website for them to download. Thanks!

When you add a movie file to iDVD and then burn a disk from it, iDVD re-encodes the movie you add to make it viewable by a standard video DVD Player.
If you drag a movie file directly onto a blank DVD (or CD for that matter) and then burn it, you are burning the file exactly as is with no change in quality. Those that you send your disk to may need to have Quicktime Player installed in order to play the movie on their computer. They can download and install it for free from www.quicktime.com.

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