DVCPRO HD Compression problem

Hello
I've got some great looking DVCPRO HD 720p 59.94 footage. I export it as is from FCP.
When I let DVD Studio Pro compress it to an SD DVD (NTSC 23.98 fps), it looks blocky and terrible.
I've seens some posts about this around, but can't seem to understand the solution...
Thanks
Alex

Well, can I burn a DVD to 59,94?
In compressor any setting I use looks terrible. I tried converting the DVCPRO HD footage to 10bit Uncompressed in case that was the problem (changing the size to 1280x720), but it didn't work either. I can up every single setting (including Frame Control) in compressor to best or highest bit rate, and my preview looks like bad jpeg compression...
Do you think the frame rate could be the issue?
Thanks
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