Rendering to DVD

So my original footage is 1920x1080 AVCHD 25fps and when I create a DVD (after transcoding) I always lose a little bit of my image size and when played on a DVD player my image seems to have been cropped. Not by much just the edge.
I have tried exporting in Prem Pro (cs6) to Mpeg2 and then burning in Encore but when I play my DVD on a player it is still a little cropped. However when I play on my monitor it is fine resolution.
Can any one help with this query?

Is this normal?!
You used "stretch to fill" in your earlier settings. It is unlikely that it was actually "cropped," but it might have looked both odd and cropped. It should have looked odd even on the computer, so I'm not sure I know what you were seeing. If all is good now (using Ann's recommendation for scale to fill), I wouldn't worry about it too much.
I would pursue Ann's question about PAR; there's some chance you do have other problems.
Edit: forgot to mention. On your earlier export settings, you have the target and max both set to 7. That gives no room for the bitrate to increase, and is about the same as using CBR 7. You should be ok increasing the max to 8. This has nothing to do with the problem you are asking about. It may improve the quality a bit.

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