Color Loss (Desaturation) after final burn

Here's a challenge...
I have color loss after I burn a DVD. It looks as though it is heavily desaturated or washed out??? I have tried a few different routes, all giving me the same result.
1 - An original QT self-contained movie that I use the SP4 built-in compression is fine UNTIL burnt.
2 - An export through Compressor to MPEG2 is fine UNTIL burnt.
3 - A master compressed through Cleaner is also fine UNTIL burnt.
This happens with both QT movies that have originated on Avid and FCP.
Also, this color loss / desaturation happens on both iDVD and Studio Pro.
I have compiled numerous tests as can be seen by these few and still no luck. Has anyone else ever had this problem???
Thanks for your time.
P. Bolte

Burning or building a project will NOT affect the quality of a previously-encoded MPEG2 file. It only muxes in the audio and builds the DVD. It does not touch the original MPEG2 video data.
If you are seeing a quality difference, it can only be due to what you're using to view files before you make the DVD, and what you're using to view files after you make the DVD.
PS: Cleaner stinks at MPEG2 encoding. Use ANYTHING else.

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