Export DV Video Quality issue

I have a HDV project that looks great on the screen and when exported to DVD using quicktime, but the client needs it on DV tape. I'm exporting using Print to Tape via firewire to my Sony FX-1 camera using DV settings, but the video quality is awful. A moving logo that looks great on the screen is pixillated and shots that look good of computer screens are unreadable on the tape. Any specific suggestions for video output settings, rendering options, etc. would be most appreciated. Oh, and I am also trying to export the 16 x 9 video as optimized for 4 x 3: could that be part of my problem?
Thanks.

OK, help me out here: I don't want to pretend to know something I don't: This is a 30 second spot going to the Virginia PBS stations for the state Dept. of Education, which is my employer. The caption house the DOE uses will be putting the spot on Beta SP, as that is the format the stations want it in. I'm just trying to get it onto tape so that it looks as good as it does on my screen. I don't really know what anamorphic means, and I'm just getting started using Compressor. I've gotten to the point where the pixellation that was happening before is gone, but I'd like the spots to retain the 16x9 look I shot them in, so I was thinking letterboxing.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated, and the more detailed the instructions when using compressor the better. When I worked at a station there were other folks who helped me with this kind of thing, and I'm hoping to get a setting that works, create a profile for it, and move on.
Thanks to those of you who are being patient with me.
You can see the 30 second spot by going to http://www.vimeo.com/3277176

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