How to create Hi Def DVD?

I'm using a Mac ProBook. I recently went on vacation and have video from a hi DEF camcorder as well as a GoPro. The video looks great on the high DEF TV direct from the camcorder or GoPro. I download the video to the Mac Pro book and edit it on I Movie. Everything looks good played back on the Mac Pro book screen. When I burn it to a DVD and play it back on high DEF TV quality is very poor. I am now using toast titanium 11 and even purchased the plug-in for Hi Def / Blu Ray and still the results are the same, poor quality. What am I doing wrong?

DVD is standard def, period. If you are using iMovie and burning to DVD, you are getting standard def video regardless of what the source video was.
To get high def video you need a BluRay burner and BluRay media. They are not the same as DVD burners and DVD media. The DVD drives in all Macs are DVD drives, not BluRay drives. Macs have never come with BluRay drives.
There may be some additional issues depending on the camcorder you are using, and the GoPro, and how you are using them in iMovie. But the biggest factor is DVD vs. BluRay.

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