How to share iMovie

I made an iMovie that I would like to share but have been stymied as to what to do.  I tried both You Tube and Dropbox, but because it is more than 15 minutes long, ( 18.34minutes), I am unable to do so thru either You Tube/Dropbox.  Editing it to a shorter length effects the quality too much, so I would rather not do that.  I burned a DVD, but it does not work on a TV, only my mac.  IDVD is not on my share option thru iMovie.  What can I do?

Haha, I was fooled by your reference to burning a DVD.  I believe what you did was create a data DVD rather than a video DVD.  Your machine should be capable of burning a video DVD with the right software, and to do this, you could locate an older version of iDVD or use third party software such as Roxio Toast.  The computer's lack of video DVD burning capability has been extensively discussed in these forums, and it may be helpful to read discussions like this, or similar, if you'd like to create a DVD which can be viewed on a DVD player:  https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3966576?start=0&tstart=0
Here's more discussion of DVD creation alternatives:
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/10/28/after-ilife-11-alternatives-to-idvd-and-iweb/
Apple's thought apparently is for you to distribute your video electronically.  Lots of options, but to use a service like Dropbox, you'd need to export your iMovie into a video format that others can open/see and which is a small enough file to be practical.  YouTube does this behind the scenes, but you're actually sending the file with Dropbox so it will be a bit more challenging.  Here's a start on downsizing your video to reduce the file size:  http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2281?viewlocale=en_US
YouTube does allow longer videos within certain parameters.  See:
http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=71673
John

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