Can you bypass iDVD???

Hi,
Does anyone know if you can connect a DVD player to your iMac, and somehow record an iMovie '08 project directly into a DVD player, without going through iDVD?
My problem is that I have a perfectly good quality iMovie project. When I run it through iDVD with all of the highest (professional) settings, it still takes a big dip in quality.
Before you suggest that I re-do the project in iMovie '06 or iMovie HD, my photos went blurry as soon as they left iPhoto and went into either of those versions. I switched to iMovie'08, and it did not have a loss of quality when converting my photos.
So---I'm looking for some technical or other advice. I have a beautiful family project that I hate to show in the dull, blurry end-product of iDVD.
Sorry for the long-winded question. I'm really hoping for a solution to my problem.
Thanks!
Todd

My iPhotos are picture perfect clear in both iPhoto AND iMovie'08, but appear fuzzy and blurry after being burned onto a DVD by iDVD.
You neglect to mention what your source content is. Both HD video and multi-megapixel photos are downscaled to a 720x480 encode matrix as part of the iDVD process of converting your iMovie project output to MPEG-2 video for multiplexing with PCM audio. Some loss in definition is to be expected with each conversion in format even with standard definition content and the differences can be even more pronounced when going from high definition to standard definition DVDs. In addition, since iDVD uses PCM audio instead of AC3, the maximum data rate for the MPEG-2 conversion is more limited than with other authoring applications like Toast.
If I brought my entire iMac to a professional studio, could they use some other application to get me a better final product?
It goes without saying that I would expect a project professionally edited in a professional application converted to MPEG2/AC3 content and burned to a DVD using a more professional authoring application to look better. However, there is the question of how much you are willing to spend on such an endeavor.

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