Title resolution degraded when burning an iMovie to DVD

When burning an iMovie to DVD via iDVD using the Share menu, the resolution of the titles is significantly degraded on the DVD whether seen on my computer screen or on my HD (1080) TV. As a result, while the video quality itself is quite good, the end product overall is inferior owing to low resolution titles. I have not found a way to fix this. Is there something I'm missing, or am I stuck with this inferior result?

Part of this is going from 1080P to 480P.
But if you are using SHARE/iDVD, try using SHARE/MEDIA BROWSER in Large size. Then, in iDVD, drag the movie into your project from the Media Browser.
Note: You can experiment with sharing in 1080P if your source material supports it. I have found personally that Large works for me.

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