Imovie to idvd quality nightmare

I finished making a slide show on iMovie HD and burnt it to DVD with iDVD (from iMovie). From what I understand KB will render the clips as you add them to your movie. When I came to burn the DVD it asked to render something as this would assure the best quality. Was it a mistake to render this then? I do not know if it rendered all of the clips again, or in fact what it did at all, all I know is that the quality of the DVD is unwatchable. What have I done wrong and how can I fix it (will I have to re-import all the images)???
Thanks

Was it a mistake to render this then?
Yes!
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/iMovieHD_6_bugs.html#jaggystills

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