FCE + 5D Mark 2 = Poor quality after export

Hi,
I've been attempting to edit some footage shot on the 5D Mk2. Playing back the footage works fine once it has been rendered, but when I export it as a quicktime file and burn through either iDVD or Toast, the final results are very poor. It looks terrible! I understand its not possible to burn HD quality (unless you have a HD/BLU RAY BURNER) and perhaps I'm not exporting it correctly....
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks

Neil Macgrain wrote:
.. It plays back great in quicktime/FCP but when I burn it using iDVD/Toast the quality is very poor.
a videoDVD has a fraction of res of your device/FCE sequence...
watching a videoDVD on a 'HiRes' computer screen full-screen, blows up the 720x480 res by factor 4-6x..

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