Playing dvds created in IDVD on computer vs TV

When I create a project in Photo to Movie, export it, burn it in IDVD it looks fine on TV, but the quality is very low when the DVD is played on my computer.
How can I get my DVD movie to look decent on my computer as well as the TV?
Thanks in advance for help.
Lynn

The reason for this has to do with the quality of standard definition TV vs. your high resolution computer screen. SDTV is 640 x 480 which will look ok on a high resolution monitor if you make the window small enough. However, if you try to watch 640 x 480 recordings in full screen mode on your computer it's gonna look pretty bad depending on how good your computer screen is. The nicer your computer screen, the worse it will probably look. The only way to fix this is to record in a higher resolution format like HDTV which will take more time and space and you might not even be able to take advantage of that on a standard definition TV.

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