LiveType to DVD Studio Menu

I am working on a project that needs to have some text that looks like it is being typed on papyrus and scrolls up the screen on the DVD menu. The DVD contains standard definition NTSC video and the DVD menu in question is set to "Letterbox Pan & Scan".
I have a project that does what I need in Livetype and the previews looks very nice, but when the DVD menu is simulated or built the text looks pretty blocks.
What are the best settings in Livetype/DVD Studio Pro to get this scrolling text to look sharp on the final menu? OR is this a pipe dream? And if so, any suggestions on a better method to achieve this effect with Final Cut Studio?
Thanks,
Sean

I have DVD Studio pointing straight to the IPR file and have burnt the project to dvd, but while most of it looks great, the scrolling text is really very unsatisfactory.< </div>
In theory, your method should yield the best possible image. But "blocky" still doesn't tell me much about your objections. It's difficult to know where to tell you to start looking for a solution and you've probably tried these: Try to render the animation in an FCP timeline and export that movie back to DVDSP. Or you can force it to render out of LT and use the Animation codec movie in DVDSP.
bogiesan

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