HD video from iMovie looks awful when converted in iDVD

Shot some 16:9 HD video and made a project in iMovie, then "shared" it to iDVD to create a standard-definition DVD.
Unfortunately, the resulting DVD looks awful - far worse than a commercial standard-def DVD.  The image is very pixelated in a manner that seems worse than standard-def resolution limitations.  I processed it using the iDVD "professional" encoding.
Why does this look so bad, and by "bad" I mean worse than other standard-def DVDs?  Is there a way to optimize the stepping down from HD between iMovie and iDVD?
Thanks!

Hi
There are some observations to this
• I do not use - Share to iDVD - in any version of iMovie
• iM'08 or 09 or 11 - I Share to Media Browser - and in iDVD get the movie from here - result is better
BUT - iM'08 or 09 or 11 - are not tools to use if You want a Good DVD
• iMovie up to HD6 or FinalCut any version are ! They keep all lines that builds up the picture - the new ones
discard every second line resulting in a 50% loss of sharpness
Especially if recorded im SD-video format on miniDV tape (interlaced) then choise of video editing application is very important.
Yours Bengt W

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