Slow motion is distorted on DVD

When i burn a movie to DVD and watch thorugh a dvd player, the slow motion looks distorted. have premiere elements 7. I'm trying to make some highlight sport videos. What is the best way to burn to DVD and get the best quility. The slow motion looks good when I make a movie in a H.264 or a mpeg2 format and watch on youtube. I have a Canon vixia HF200 camcorder.

my timelines will be anywhere from 10-60 minutes a piece. No matter the length I have the same problem. I do the slow motion by slicing a section I want in slow motion-move it to another video timeline-I copy it-put the original back into the timeline. With the copy version in the a seperate timeline, I use the stretch tool and stretch the video approx. 5-6 seconds sometimes less, like 2-3 seconds. I will put the slowmotion version back into the timeline behind the copied version. When you watch the video you will see the fast version then right away again in slow motion. I've been putting them on youtube in HD(h.264 or mpeg2 format) and it looks great, but once to DVD it gets distorted. I'm using Magnavox DVD+R's right now. I'm using a HD camcorder that puts out m2t format video.
I'm videoing youth football right now. plenty of outdoor light.
As far as the setting I'm using. I go to Share-Disc-preset NTSC-widescreen_dolby DVD, slider is moved all the way to highest quility, then burn disk.
I would apprectiate any feed back with this issue. It's almost has me giving up on my projects. Let me know if you need any more info regarding this issue as well.
The video looks good on TV except when it gets to a part that I made in slow motion too. I have a 46" 1080P TV and I watched it through my computer on a 23" monitor and the same problem.

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