Poor dvd quality in idvd 09 avchd

My cam is Sony sr12e which is avchd format, when I edit in iMovie 09, it is fine, and I export it using AIC code with as quicktime mov(since many suggested here that it is better than directly share the mov to idvd). Then drag it to idvd but the quality is still poor.The resulting movie looks like water is pouring down walls and people in still shots mouths move as if they were taking. Lots of movement in horizontal lines. Anyway to solve the problem, I can't believe all mac users are experiencing this terrible bug made by Apple.

I can't believe all mac users are experiencing this terrible bug made by Apple.
It's no bug.
iMovie 09 is a wonderful program assuming that you're using it for what it was designed to do, assemble simple videos to share on the Internet.
I did a compare one day using the same clip burned to DVD from iMovie 06 and from iMovie '09.
The iMovie 06 clip looked like it came from the camera directly and the iMovie 09 clip looked worse. The difference is the single field processing used by iMovie 09 and the fact that it throws out every other horizontal line.
iMovie 06 and iDVD 09 is a "lossless" combination and my DVD's look perfect!

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Hello, wmas,
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Dear All,
I badly need advice on a very frustrating problem: I'm having major issues with the quality of the DVDs burnt on my iMac when using iDVD.
Here below are the steps that I follow
I upload the HDV 1080i 60 footage to FCE 4 using the apple Intermediate codec.
Once the editing is done, I export to QT (self-contained)
I use the QT in iDVD and then burn it
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What do I do wrong? Coming from HDV footage, I would expect a cisp and clear result in standard definition DVD.
I am wondering if this has to do with the capability of my equipment or a poor use of both softwares.
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Sounds strange.
What kind of material did You feed iDVD ?
.avi, .wmv, .mpg4, .mp3 etc - or -
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(Dropping a PAL movie into a NTSC iDVD project
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• What kind of DVDs You are using. I use Verbatim DVD-R (this brand AND no +R or +/-RW)
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