Creating a movie in widescreen format.

Hello, I have a question, I'm hoping that someone can help me out. I have created a movie in iMovie, what I need is to create a file that I can transfer over to my PC and then play it on the PC. When I have done this, I have created a AVI file (4 min. in length) and when I play it on the PC, it looks pixelated and busy, the widescreen aspect looks good but the pixelation looks aweful. Is there something that I am doing wrong? Is there a setting that I need to change?
I'm hoping that someone can help me out with this.
Thanks in advance!

My computer:
Until last weekend, it was a G4/450 AGP with 768M
Ram. I replaced the processor with a Sonnet Encore G4
1GHz processor and reduced the Ram to 640M Ram
(removed suspected 128M DIMM). It still has the
original video card in the AGP slot.
Would a faster video card and/or more RAM make iDVD
work better/faster for me?____
There have ben several reports of problems with the iLife '06 applications and hardware upgraded systems due to graphic card limitations of the older hardware.
Or, are these typical problems with iDVD6.0?_____
Not for me.
(I have similar issues with iMovie6 -- separate
forum).
I suspect your graphic card may be the main problem - especially with the menu issue.
Search this forum for graphic card (and variations)

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