Menu background doesn't go to edge

I used Photoshop to create a background image to use for a menu background but it doesn't fill the entire area in DVDSP. I know that sounds a bit odd so let me explain...
1) Made 1920x1080 image in photoshop
2) Saved as an unlayered tif
3) Drag-n-Drop the tif onto the menu background of DVDSP and set it as the background
4) The DVDSP project is a 16x9 SD DVD (so I'm assuming there is some pixel aspect ratio conversion going on here and resolution change).
When I look at the menu, there is a dark grey stripe along the left and right edges of the menu. I tried different formats but that didn't help anything. Any ideas on how to get the image to "fill" the entire background of the menu? Thanks!

I would definitely use the preset in Photoshop if I were you - are you using CS?
Set it to be D1/DV Widescreen for whatever video format you use (I choose PAL 1.4) and you should be good to go.
If you try to recreate this yourself, DVDSP will scale the image to fit the dimensions and you may find it doesn't fit exactly.
Failing that, use a 720x480 or 720x576 image and set the menu to be 16:9, but check out the distortion it produces.
As Drew said - read the manual... the correct dimensions and way to approach this are all in there.

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