Imovie to Idvd : DVD on TV flickers and moving imges poor quality

Hallo,
I did my first IDVD project (yes I am coming from the PC world) which works fine so far. I did the movie in iMovie and selected iDVD as the output. iDVD created a DVD which looks fine. But showing the DVD in standard DVD player shows issues with moving pictures (zooming in / out) which results "close to Moiree effects" (Images are kind of flickering). I tried another TV / DVD player, same result.
When getting into the movie all titles who are at the very right position are cut and some parts are missing. I checked the picters more closely and also on the pictures there are lements missing. I changed the project in iDVD back to 4:3 format but with the same effect.
Any hints / suggestion where to look? Should I post this better in the iMovie section?
Regards,
Andreas

Hi Andreas
In what program did You do Your movie ?
• iMovie'09 or 08
• iMovie HD 6 or previous
• FinalCut
• Other ?
When I use photos in movie projects to DVD then I first in a photo editor like
PhotoShop or Elements to each one apply slight Gaussian Blur
This makes them more enjoyable on TV.
Yours Bengt W

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