Can a LR slideshow be burned to a DVD?

Question

Is there some way I can take a slideshow I've created in LR and burn it to a DVD so I can have someone view it on their DVD player (through a TV or projector) rather than on a computer?
I am a Mac user....does the solution to this involve iDVD?
Thanks.
Steve L

Answer 1

The size of the originals has almost no bearing on the resulting quality. As
I said, DVDs have very low resolution and you simply cannot go higher. In
the US, they can at a max contain 720x480 pixels. For a movie this is not so
much of a problem, but for slideshows this doesn't work. What you need is
some sort of High Def player and a high def TV or projector. If you want to
project through a TV, there are quite a few other options than DVDs. One is
to burn a simple disc with jpegs. Many DVD/BluRay players will recognize
those and play slideshows based of of those. If the player is a HD one
(either upconverting or BluRay), it might give you better quality. Another
option is a settop box. Since you have an Apple, you can think about the
AppleTV. This will play slideshows in High Def from a share on your wifi
network if you have a HDTV. There are many other makers of such set top
boxes, such as Roku. Most will play jpegs over a Wifi really well, or they
will have little SD flash memory slots or USB ports that you can stick a
thumbdrive into. The last option is to simply hook a computer up to your TV
or projector.