Poor image quailty from DVD Studio Pro

Hello,
I produced a 17minute DVD a few years ago, shot SD with a Panasonic DVX 100a.  Edited in Final Cut Pro 6.  They have asked me to burn a couple more DVD's for them.  When I imported the assets 2 pass M2v & ac3 audio and burned the DVD with a bit rate of 6.5 to 7. the image quality is really low.  I previously ran all FCP through Compressor, Highest quality, best etc. 
Someone told me that going back to FCP and using a de-interlacing filter applied to the project would help with image quality.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?  I know that going to a DVD will never look as good as my sweet 27" monitor, but the image seems blown out (hot) and the colors unsaturated and a bit too grainy.  It seems more so then I remember the project looking. I am using DVD Studio 4.
So is there any steps that can help me have a SD project edited in Final Cut Pro 6... use Compressor... 2 pass highest quailty 90 min DVD... to DVD Studio Pro 4 and get the best quality I can get.  I appreciate any guidance you can give me.
Thanks,
Jan

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