Compressing ProRes 2K for DVD Studio and getting rough edges?

I'm trying to get the best quality DVD burned possible working with a ProRes 2K project, original footage was 4K RED, and I'm getting rough, pixeled edges when I view the DVD. OK--Here's the workflow:
-All RED 4K ftg has been transcoded to ProRes 2K and edited into a ProRes 2K sequence
-I export a quicktime movie, self-contained
-I take that quicktime into Compressor
-I choose "Best Quality DVD 90 Minutes" setting for audio and video (AC3 and m2v)
-In the geometry, I choose the 2.35 padding to make the aspect ratio look right (this i had to figure out by troubleshooting it myself)
-I take those into DVD studio pro and burn them onto an SD DVD.
When I do this with my XDCAM 1080p footage, it looks fantastic. When I do it with this project's footage, it looks like garbage. Pixels, edges are rough, just looks like low resolution. I've tried all different options of bit rate, no 2.35 padding, etc. Everything looks low res on the DVD.
UPDATE: upon checking the quicktimes in each step, i notice the first quicktime export (the File>Export>Quicktime Movie (self-contained checked), looks fine, but the problem seems to be in the work the Compressor is doing. Any suggestions?
Please help!
thanks
Jason

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