Flash - SD Widescreen PAL DVD

Hey everyone, I did post this one level back as another topic, but then started reading around and figured this may be a better place to post. I apologize for the double post, won't happen again - I'm new to the user forums here and I admit that this is a bit of a desperate plea for help. I apologize in advance.
So, I've been working on a project recently that's been kind of difficult for me to test since I don't have access to the platform I'm trying to develop for. I was hoping somebody might be able to help guide me to the information I need, or let me know outright if I'm on the right track or completely out to lunch with my thinking here.
Anyway, shorthand version of what I'm trying to accomplish: I'm trying to design a 16:9 wide screen video animation. I built the animation using Flash CS3. Originally it was built for NTSC but now needs to be burnt to DVD in a PAL format. I re-sized my animation to be 1024 x 576 (square pixels) at 25 FPS and exported it from Flash as a .mov using the Animation Codec. (Exported with 16:9 PAL settings at 720x576 with a pixel aspect ratio of 1.422.) I brought the new rendered file into Adobe Encore and set up my chapters etc. All footage has been interpreted as SD PAL Widescreen 1.422 PAR.
When I view the Movies I export from flash (off my desktop) they are 1024 x 576 square pixels ... they appear distorted and aliased. After burning the videos to DVD with the footage interpreted as previously mentioned, I tried viewing them on my computer. The screen capture resolution is 720 x 404 ... which is kind of odd to me. I would expect 720 x 480 or even 720 x 576. Overall though the quality is pretty nice and doesn't look greatly distorted.
I guess what I'm trying to ask is: Is that normal? Is that right? wrong? Ultimately though, does anyone know what a Widescreen PAL DVD would look like viewed on a windows XP machine? (In Windows Media Player with a DVD Codec?)
Any guidance or help on this would be greatly appreciated. If there is any other information I can provide you with to help with understanding my plight, please let me know.
I'm a web designer backed into a corner here and really don't have a whole lot of video experience. I'm also living in Canada and don't have access to a PAL system to watch the final product on ... so I'm just trying to get my settings as accurate as I can on my end.
Thanks in advance.

>The screen capture resolution is 720 x 404 ... which is kind of odd to me.
On playback the movie is displayed with square pixels. If the DVD plays 720 pixels wide then the corresponding height will be 405 for a 16:9 movie.

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