Slight Degradation in a Newer Burned DVD

Hello Hello
This may sound a bit strange but here goes:
I've gotten pretty good with iMovie, iDVD, and Final Cut.
I created an iDVD project inserting a background clip that contains a zoom of a still, accompanied by some music. It loops and plays automatically when the DVD is inserted into a DVD Player.
The first few burns looked really good visually (on my LCD TV screen)
Well, I changed the content of a few of the movie chapters (not the intro background clip)
I went back to the original iDVD project, deleted those older chapter clips, and inserted the newer ones. I did NOT change anything in regard the background clip.
I burned a few more DVD's and with the newer burns, I seem to notice a slight 'Degradation' in regard to the clarity of the Video with that background clip.
Think I need to clear the cache of that project?
Think I need to delete EVERYTHING, and start the project all over again from scratch?
Thank You
Mike

Think I need to delete EVERYTHING, and start the project all over again from scratch?
I've had issues with iDVD after making minor changes in iMovie; like fixing a typo...
I've found that Trashing the old iDVD project and starting over was my best solution. Then drag the iMovie project file into the main menu in iDVD.

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