Should I invest in Toast for burning video?

I have FCP Studio 7 and am wondering if I should invest in Toast Titanium Pro for better quality video. I currently burn DVD's in SD quality -using DVD Studio and they are shown on non-blu-ray DVD equipment. Since I shoot the footage in AVCHD I an always a bit disappointed in the quality of the end result.
I make the project in FCP using Prores422, send to Compressor for best quality 2 pass rendering and then upload into DVD Studio to burn.
Thank you,
Sandra

Hi -
I use Toast to burn HD material to regular DVD-R blanks in the Blu-Ray format and it works fine. Some issues you need to be aware of are:
1) You will need to play the disc you create using this method only in a Blu-Ray set-top player.
2) Not all Blu-Ray set-top players will play "home made" Blue Ray discs, espcially older Blu-Ray players.
3) Because the storage capacity of a DVD blank is less than a Blu-Ray blank, consequently you will only be able to put shorter length videos in the Blu-Ray format on a DVD blank.
4) Many people are not overly thrilled with the menu style options you have in Toast. I usually burn the disc without menus, having it start to play automatically on insertion.
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