Title over video degrades video quaity

When I put a title over the video as opposed to over black, the video quality is severely degraded. It shows up to a lesser degree on the completed dvd but is still very noticeable. Is there a way to fix this or is it just the way it is?

I have never seen that error
Look closer. The degradation isn't big but it is there.
Import a high contrast still image with Ken Burns off. Add a title. Export as Full Quality DV. Open in MPEG Streamclip (or QT Player Pro with high quality display tuned on). The titled part of the video is somewhat blurry and the lines are distorted. The same applies also to video but in a still image this is easier to see.
Look at the straight lines in this animated example pair:
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/%7Eshmhav/iMovieHD_PALtitle.gif
http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/iMovieHD_6_bugs.html#titleseffects

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