IDVD gives me gray bars on widescreen projects

It seems that my iDVD gives me gray bars on the side of my widescreen projects that I am trying to burn.
It actually makes the widescreen file...then, makes the video a 4:3 file (with these silly gray bars on the left and right) and then puts the widescreen file within this.
Here's a picture I put on my Photobucket site (to show what it looks like):
http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i113/Tinmansm/Screenshot.jpg
Any ideas how to fix this so when I burn my files it DOSEN'T do that??
Thanks!

Alright, I unchecked the box but the problem still occurs. Regardless, I am not working with iMovie and shouldn't have to in order to get my iDVD to work properly...
I have an .avi file that I created on a different system that opens and plays in Quicktime as a WS file....when I drop it in to play, it gives me those bars on the right and left. I went to the mac store to look at their defaults and it dosen't do it for their projects.
Any idea why?

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I assume this is a basic question which the answer perhaps is still easier. I´m a Premiere basic user
I´m trying to make widescreen projects and use Encore to export a DVD which the video fits perfectly LCDs and Widescreen Tvs...So my workflow is:
I´m starting new projects using the DV-NTSC Folder > Widescreen 48khz
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