Pixelated images after burning

A friend of mine is using iDVD to create a slideshow of some photos. The photos look great, and after burning, when playing on either tv's or even other computers, no matter the screen size, all the images, as well as the text that pops up, is all pixelated. But on her computer, they look fine.
She is using RAW images, could this be the problem? She has tried burning for both Widescreen and Standard, with no fix.
I told her to use jpegs, haven't heard back if that worked or not, but thought I'd ask.
Thanks!
Jordan

You gave your friend excellent advice. Most Jpegs will work fine. If you wish to add RAW image files as well then I'd suggest doing so to the dvd-rom section of the dvd (and there is a preference you can select within iDvd that will automatically do this for you).
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/7.0/en/6655.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/7.0/en/6675.html
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8164545&#8164545
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/7.0/en/6705.html
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iDVD/7.0/en/11417.html
These 3 apps that specialize in quality slideshows and they come highly recommended on this iDvd forum (especially the first one).
http://www.boinx.com/fotomagico/overview/
http://boinx.com/photopresenter/overview/
http://www.lqgraphics.com/software/phototomovie.php
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