IDVD finished project plays in 4:3 ration on my widescreen 16:9???

I did my whole project in 16:9 ratio and when I burnt the DVD through iDVD it was set up as 16:9 ratio. When I play the DVD on my TV(Samsung 50" plasma) it cuts the left and right ends of as if it was made in 4:3 ratio. I'm stuck and need help!!!!!! I don't know where else to look. It's as if when watching on the TV that it's zoomed in, I can't change on my tv.
Thanks,
Donnie

Hi Ian Parkinson and drogersgolf.
I have the exact same problem, but changing the aspect ratio of the TV to 4:3 doesn't help! The video is still cropped on both sides.
I hope someone can help to prevent this problem from occurring in iDVD!
Thank you in advance!

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