Poor quality burns

My burnt discs are of poor quality. Some images are fractured around the edges. Others are simply not sharp. I have tried using both +R and -R discs but the problem remains. Very disappointing as I have been working through Final Cut Express HD for the first time. Any ideas?

Hi
Just to add to Kasas good answers.
1. iDVD 6 has two levels of qualities.
• Best Quality (movies up to 120 min) - slightly lower quality than - se below
• Best Performances (movies less than 60 min) - Highest quality on final DVD
2. From FCE/P - Export out as full quality QuickTime.mov
iMovie - Don't use Share/Export to iDVD = destructive even to movie project and especially so
when the movie includes photos.
Instead just drop the iMovie movie project icon (with a Star on it) into iDVD theme window.
3. I use Toast™ to make an as slow burn as posibly eg x1
4. There has to be about or more than 25Gb free space on internal (start-up) hard disc. iDVD can't
use an external one as scratch disk (if it is not start-up disc).
Yours Bengt W

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