Producing HD DVD playable in external player

Hi there!
I have a very urgent question that has been adressed in other threads, but I still can't figure it out (sorry!).
Is it possible to produce a HD quality DVD with my iMac that is playable in an external DVD player.
And, if not, how do I get the best possible quality with DVD Studio Pro?
Hope to hear from you SOON :-|
Eric (slightly panicing, since he needs to show something in HD on sunday)

I'm assuming you have a HD DVD player to show this on.
I have the new Toshiba HD-A2 and I can confirm that DVDSP4 will burn red laser HD DVD discs with no menu, BUT the HD DVD player will play it back with no audio.
So far I think the best option for HD DVD playback is to play in on your Mac but hook up the HDTV to it with a HDMI cable and a DVI to HDMI converter coming out of the graphics card on the Mac.

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