IDVD 6 or Toast 8 - ADVICE PLEASE!

I have some old video that I want to transfer to DVD. They are in all sorts of formats: MOV, AVI, WMV, ASF, MPG. If that weren't enough, I also want to transfer some video from VHS. I am planning to buy eyeTV to do the conversion, but also to capture some video from TV that I'd like to burn.
I know that they recommend using Toast with eyeTV, but is it that much better than iDVD for the other formats? Right now I have iDVD 5, which is pretty good (except I really don't like the themes).
I'd appreciate any advice!

Toast 8 would be a great way to transfer those files linerally. That is to say that if you just wanted to burn DVDs of those files it shouldn't discriminate between file types. It would give you a great DVD every time as long as you set burn speed relatively low (2X or 4X).
I have had problems with iDVD in the past. In iDVD 5 the files that I edited would not burn with audio attached. That problem seems to have been fixed in later iDVD packages. If you want to set up menus for your DVDs then iDVD would be a great way to do it.
I would suggest that if you're going to view the DVD or use it as a backup to stick with Toast 8. That way you don't have to use the themes from iDVD and will have a working DVD without wasting a handfull.

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