Photos look squashed in dvd slideshow

I am taking many different photos (digital, scanned, etc) and creating a slideshow in imovie then importing that movie into idvd. The images look fine on the computer, but when I view them on a widescreen tv the pictures all look a little squished - they make everyone look wider. I know that I'm not being fussy about the dimensions I use to crop when I edit them in iPhoto which maybe is a problem?? Using the 1080i format in imovie and widescreen in idvd. So how am I screwing this up?
And more importantly at the moment, now that I have a finished dvd - can I fix it?

If they look squished in iDVD's preview, then the output is likely to be squished. If they are wide screen and normal, then you might fool around with your TV settings (assuming the show looks normal on your Mac). In other words, do some testing to see if your TV is adding something to the mix or if the problem is earlier in the workflow.
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