New to PE 11. What quality to expect burning miniDV input to DVD?

Question

Hello:
Thanks for reading.  I am tyring to burn a "decent" quality DVD of a recent wedding.  I have tried iMovie, Final Cut Express 4, and now PE 11, and all 3 give me lousy quality on the DVD burn. I need your help, please.
Long story short, I recorded the wedding on a Sony PD-170 in miniDV format on good Sony tape. When I watch the film on my 50" plasma straight from the camera, it looks fine for SD.  But when I author the movie in any of the before mentioned programs, the DVD looks awful on the TV.  My basic settings are...... 720x480 widescreen, 30pfs, Output = Max bit depth, at Highest Quality. I am working on a new Apple iMac 27" with Lion.
If you have any suggestions for input settings, output setings, or anything at all that might help, please let me know. I would really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Richard

Answer 1

Other discussion is at http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1118765
Sticking with one discussion for a continuation of the same question is actually better, so you don't miss an answer
As I said in the other discussion, I am going to reply here and figure you have been answered "over there"
Your captured tape is "roughly" the same quality as a DVD (I no longer use tape, but when I did, my DVD output was the same quality as the input)
So... please provide step by step DETAILS of what you are doing
Especially... are you using ANY effects while editing the video?
Then, post a screenshot of your output settings - http://forums.adobe.com/thread/592070?tstart=30
Creating a DVD does compress the file (13Gig per hour from a tape down to "about" 4Gig to fit on a DVD) but you SHOULD see very little difference when you play the DVD