Can I create an iDVD slide show and keep the picture resolution high so the pictures will be HDTV quality or near HDTV quality for playback on a DVD player?

How do I create an iDVD slide show that does not compress the photos making them low-res? When I insert the iDVD I have made into a DVD player connected to an HDTV, the playback quality of the pictures are very low.  Is there a way to correct this when creatinf the iDVD?

The post by Bengt Wärleby in this topic describes a workflow for producing a high quality slideshow but not an HD one as macpmaus pointed out isn't possible: Create HD slideshow: Apple Support Communities
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    burning it to a couple of DVDs
    Is it your intention to create video DVDS that can be played on TV sets via DVD players?  If so you'll need a video DVD authoring application like iDVD.
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    My photos are sharp but become soft when used in and IDVD slide show. How can I prevent this from happining??

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    I use lion 10.7.2 and iPhoto latest version but when I export a slide show when I play it . It plays about half of the slide show and screen become white ? How can I solve it ? Is it bug or my computer problem

    I would also like to know the answer to this. I am having the exact same problem.

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    Rendering will take a very long time  - I once needed 6 hours for a shorter high definition movie with plenty of effects.
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    The "places" theme needs a good network connection.
    And the finished movie will need plenty of disk space.
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    What exactly happens when Aperture fails to render the movie? Are there any diagnostics, error messages in the console window, that relate to Aperture? Does Aperture alway stop at the same image or video clip?
    if all fails, you could render your slideshow in two parts and combine the two videos on your DVD.
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    Léonie

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    Hopefully you've seen the post from Terence Devlin?  I've pasted it below.
    In iTunes go File -> Library -> Organise Library -> Reorganise Library.
    Then quit and restart iPhoto.
    Pity Apple didn't either warn us or set up a bug fix!

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  • Low image quality on idvd slide show DVD

    Hi, I am trying to create a DVD that will play wildlife images. I have the images (In high ressolution, edited at photoshop CS2) and an audio file (Wildlife sounds)
    I went to IDVD, choosed a theme, added an image as the entrance, add a slide show, added the images to the slide show, added the sound to the slide show and exported.
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    See Preparing images for DVD slideshows at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/6.0/en/17.html
    I have the images (In high ressolution ...
    Basically, that's an overkill. At this point (pre-HD capable burners) we are limited to the less than 640x480 pixel resolution of the NTSC system (or 768x576 pixel resolution of PAL).
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