Picture quality when burning disc

When i burn a slideshow and view it on a tv the picture becomes very bright just before it move to the next slide. Any suggestions?

Suggestions?
Yes.
Don't use transitions in you iDVD slideshows. If you experiment, you will find some transitions are worse in this respect than others.
Create your DVD slideshows as movies in iMovie, iPhoro, (FotoMagico or Photo to Movie).

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