Exporting to DVD - quality settings

Hello
I am wondering if there are any QUALITY options I need to be considering when exporting a final story in the timeline to a DVD for stakeholder distribution? (the type of quality you see when you play the footage from the video camera direct to the TV with a cable is the quality I am after) - or the highest acheivable.
I have used 'Share' / 'DVD' and followed the prompts - that's it. It asks me to insert a DVD then burns the DVD. I just want to make sure, am I missing anything?
Also, when it comes to producing around 1000 copies of the DVD, what would you recommend would be the quickest way to do this?
If I have the story on my final cut software do I have to use my computer to burn the DVDs or can I somehow transfer the story and have another company burn the DVDs for me?
Many thanks!

If control over quality is a priority, you need Compressor. You can then test various settings to achieve the best possible quality for your movie.
If you 're thinking of 1K copies, contact a replication house – either a local one that you can work first-hand with – or one of the many online disk services. They will have different requirements, which they'll provide you with.
Good luck.
uss

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Thank you very much. Yes, there is something else in the sequence, old documentary, 768 x 570 (no field dominance, 25fps, Apple ProRes 422) but the images are more imporant.
make a progressive sequence with square pixels. (I am partial to 720P, 1080 should work – or 540). Choose Pro Res 422
Do you mean that I should make a sequence in FCP with these settings? If yes, how can I set a "progressive" sequence? I dont see a setting for output field in FCP sequence settings, lnly in customizing Compressor output DVD format.
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The images are not interlaced after I crop them, apply motion blur filter in Photoshop but look interlaced in FCP timeline after I import them and even to the same as photos sequence in FCP timeline.
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