HOW DO I CORRECT PICTURE QUALITY

Hello--
I have just finished authoring my project in DVD Studio Pr 4 and all is perfect EXCEPT: the picture quality is poor.
I started in Final Cut Pro, used Compressor at the Best Setting and it does not look good as the master.
Any suggestions?
I was going to get my master (on DVCAM tape) and have it ENCODED via hardware at a facility and then bring it into DVDSP4 as an ASSET so that the quality is as it is on the master.
Does this mean that I may lose quality by doing this?
Is this the best method?
I do not want to re-encode because it took so long on my system. Should I consider bringing in my friend's G5 Dual 2 to continue and encode again.
Thanks, all! This is an amazing site.
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Hello all--
Thanks for your post. Okay, here's the skinny:
1. I am burning to dual layer disc because when I encoded the 54 minute version, the file was 2.5 gigs and when I encoded the 29 minute version of my show, it ended up being 1.7 gigs. This with the special features ended up making the Studio Pro file 5.4 gigs which was too big to put on a dvd-5.
To be honest, I would rather burn this to a DVD-5 instead of a DVD-9 because manufacturing costs would be low so...
2. If I encode my show again, should I:
Go from Final Cut and Export:
Quicktime? or
MPEG?
What type of encode should I use "High Quality" and what bitrate should it be set on.
3. Regarding DVD stock, I will stick with Verbatim but I was wondering:
Should I use DVD-R, RW, +, - ? It's really confusing.
I am mostly having trouble with transitions. That is when it looks the worst...other areas of the film (movement, etc.) are fine.
Thanks for the help.

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