Issues quality of video exporting for DVD

I am putting a bunch of commercials on a DVD...
I burned two test DVDs with two different settings.
My setup is NTSC DV 48 (that is how the footage is captured too, FIREWIRE NTSC Default).
I also have graphics mixed in there, and thats where the problems begin... the all too common complaint here of +my graphics look jagged+.
So on one sequence I changed the field order to none, exported a qt reference to compressor and there saved a mpeg2 with best quality 90 min. then I burned a dvd with dvd studio pro.
I did the same thing with a different clip, except I set the field order to even and followed the same procedure above.
Version 1 (with field order set to none) looks better than the 2nd version EXCEPT for one minor detail. I have a 3d graphic which looks PERFECT in FCP (created in Cinema 4d by someone else exported with the animation codec w/alpha with interlacing set to even) when interlacing is set to EVEN the graphics looks GOOD and looks JAGGED when set to NONE (quite the opposite from the rest of my graphics).
And on the DVD (being viewed in a DVD player connected to a TV) the part of the video with the 3d graphic looks better in the version where the original video setting was set to even field order.
I also made a test where I set the sequence settings to ProResHQ NTSC... the graphics do look a little better but the same issue happens with the 3d animation.
I also re-exported the 3d animation with compressor, w/FO set to none with ProRes4444, and it still looks jaggy in FCP. I think the issue is here but I do not know how to fix...
So what do I need to do so everything looks good, not one or the other... This dvd is going to be looped in a store (about 50 stores actually) and one tends to notice imperfections when viewed over and over again.
Thanks!
Message was edited by: Christina Rodriguez

Fixed it...
Found the answer here... http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12877936&#12877936
+Compressor is better for de-interlacing. Ignore the de-interlace filter in the filters tab. This is a legacy filter from before Compressor had Frame Controls.+
+On the Frame Controls page, it's irrelevant what Resize Filter is set to, since you're not using that. Ditto for Anti-alias and Details. They're for resizing.+
+Set Output Fields to Progressive, and De-interlace to Better, with Adaptive Details checked.+
+Best takes a lot longer to process, and the difference is usually visually negligible. If you're in doubt and you have the time, try both and see if you can tell the difference.+
Message was edited by: Christina Rodriguez

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