FCP DVD Tutorials resolution

I purchased a copy of FCP 5 last year and have only just started to use it.
The resolution of the DVD tutorial is terrible though, very fuzzy and blurred. I used to run it on an Imac and thought it may have been a resolution issue but I am using a Macpro with a 23" Cine screen and it is still as rubbish as ever.
Do other users have this issue or could it be that I have a dud DVD?
Regards
Colin
MacPro Mac OS X (10.4.10) 2 x Dual Core Inte, 2GB RAM , FCP 5.1.4
MacPro Mac OS X (10.4.10) 2 x Dual Core Inte, 2GB RAM , FCP 5.1.4
MacPro Mac OS X (10.4.10) 2 x Dual Core Inte, 2GB RAM , FCP 5.1.4

The media contained on those DVDs are using a low-resolution Quicktime codec called Photo-JPEG. So the picture quality will be really bad when playing on a large screen, or any screen for that matter. So it's normal, there's nothing wrong with your DVDs.

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