How avoid stretched image on DVD from HD source clips?

I edited a program in FCP 7.0 using HD footage from my Sony Handycam HDR-XR520. I exported to Compressor and followed the steps Shane sent in Shane's Stock Answer #42 on how to author a DVD. Thanks, Shane, I made the DVD. But the end images are all somewhat stretched out horizontally. Where did I go wrong? Where do I code this footage to come out in HD ratio but not be unnaturally stretched?
Thanks, Duncan

David, Thanks for your specific directions.
1. My Sony HD camera specs say its system is 1080/60i. The FCP Browser lists the Frame Size of the imported clips as 1440 x 1080.
2. Here I think I owe you and Shane an apology. I see that in the Browser, the Frame Size of my edited Sequence of these clips is listed as only 720 x 480. In my upgrade to FCP7 I had assumed that FCP recognized the frame size of the HD clips I was importing and would process them accordingly. But it looks like I needed to first specify the Sequence Settings. Is that true? Would it make a difference? If so, what should I set for Frame Size, Aspect Ratio, Pixel Aspect Ratio, Field Dominance? Should I check Anamorphic 16:9?
3. FYI, despite FCP describing the ratio of the Sequence as 720 x 480, the ratio of the images still appears to be 16:9.
4. I did as you directed and exported my edited Sequence as a QT Movie Self-Contained and looked at it. It was NOT distorted -- it looked just right. Cmnd-I shows the ratio to be 720 x 480, but it displays the 16:9 ratio images in a letterbox fashion.
5. If the settings in FCP need to be changed, can I do that globally or do I need to reedit the program?
6. If I simply took the Self Contained QT movie into Compressor and DVD SP, would the quality be as good as if I started with the right settings?
With lots of thanks, Duncan

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