The Real Question, Sharing iMovie With iDVD?

With iLife 08, sharing to iDVD was a pixelated mess when played back on a DVD player. They stated that they changed this I think? Is this true? Does iMovie 09 share with iDVD like iMovie 06 to iDVD results?

iMovie 08/09 can only process progressive video.
08 -- during export -- deinterlaced the DV video by simply dropping 1 field.
The new Share option uses -- during export -- deinterlaces by combining both fields into one frame. Both PAL and NTSC are scaled to 960x540 which is a size that works for both ATV and iDVD. It leaves it to iDVD to re-size for PAL or NTSC.
The question is what iDVD does with 540p. It should re-interlace the video giving good results. Doing so will un-combine the fields yielding interlaced video without combing on moving objects when viewed on a TV.
So -- how do the DVDs look when played on a TV?

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