Colors Less Saturated when Movie burned to DVD

Colors are quite a bit less saturated on burned DVD in comparison to the way video looked in IDVD. I am burning to Fuji DVD-R at Best Quality. This was my first movie, a test movie of about 5 minutes duration.
Any assistance greatly appreciated.

Yes, NTSC, and to a lesser degree, PAL, is really, really bad at color fidelity especially when it comes to saturated colors. I'm not sure if iDVD is applying any auto-dimming or not, but it's not surprising that the colors as they appear on your computer monitor pre-conversion are not exactly replicated.
This is one of the reasons that most pros and advanced ameteurs use a video monitor while editing their footage. It gives you a better feel for how the final product will look as opposed to relying upon the computer screen.

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