Poor Output Resolution FCE-iDVD5

I shot a project last week on a Panasonic DVX100 60i in simulated 16:9. Import into FCE went without a hitch. Editing went fine. The problem came up when I exported my sequences for DVD authoring in iDVD. My crystal clear resolution in FCE turned to pixelated picture with dulled colors. I could not find output resolution controls either in FCE or iDVD. Can anyone here give me any pointers for getting clean DVD authoring with iDVD?

iDVD 5 and 6 have two encoding choices: 'Best Performance' for putting up to 60 minutes of content on a single-layer DVD and 'Best Quality' for putting up to 120 minutes of content on a single-layer DVD. Despite the names Apple has given the two modes, for content under 60 minutes, 'Best Performance' will give you the best image quality.
iDVD 7 adds a third mode: 'Professional Quality' that is two-pass variable bit-rate encoding. It will take twice as long to encode as 'Best Quality', but for content between 60 and 120 minutes, is worth considering.
How long is your video clip and what encoding mode did you use?
F Shippey

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