My 16:9 project looks like 4:3 in the iDVD preview

Aspect Ratio is definitely set to widescreen 16:9 in Project Info, but it doesnt seem to affect the dimensions of the actual film when i double click to preview it.  What it seems to change when i toggle back and forth between 4:3 and 16:9 is how the the theme graphics for the menu fit into the preview box.  The thumbnail of the film looks letter box, but as soon as I double click to play it, it goes to 4:3.  Can I expect it to burn to disc looking 4:3 if that is the way it looks in the preview, or is that just a quirk of iDVD preview?
Also:  I've been having terrible problems tonight with the preview film flickering bright orange.  Even though i know nothing at all is wrong with the .mov file that I imported.  I thought I resolved it by switching themes, but now it's coming back.  I've also noticed the orange flickering coming up when i have alot of things open and have been running the computer for a while, it will happen when i try to do some other task on the computer while i am previewing.  Anyone else have such problems with iDVD?
Thank you to anyone who can help.
Paul

I think the fundamental problem is that unfortunately, I did all of the work to put my film together on a sequence that had the wrong settings-- SD settings (Frame size 720x480), when in fact I needed to use HD settings to match what  I actually shot in (1440x1080).  I finally have overcome the problem by exporting the sequence using Quicktime conversion and customizing the settings for my HD clip properties.  This is giving me a 16:9 in iDVD preview.
My concern is that my project now is based on a timeline that was created in a sequence with SD settings and that maybe I have lost some resolution quality.  I am sitting here looking at the iDVD preview and I am not always sure it looks as sharp as the same clip viewed in FCE dropped in a sequence with the right settings.  But maybe iDVD preview isn't as sharp, or maybe it's just my imagination.  Any thoughts?
Ideally, what I would like to do is to copy my timeline out of the first sequence with the wrong settings, and to copy it into a new sequence with the proper settings.  But I am wondering if that timeline is now "infected" with the wrong settings, and brings these over to the new sequence.  The guy on the Apple help line told me this was unfortunately the case.  Am I really going to have to completely do this work over again to get a completely correct workflow?
Any way around this?

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