Very poor quality when viewing DVD on TV

Hello,
I have searched this forum high and low, but every response I have tried to this issue does not seem to work. If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated. I am using FCS2 on a new 8-core Intel Mac Pro desktop. All of the footage is shot on High Def AVCHD Cameras and ripped from Log and Transfer in FCP. My video is about 1 hour, 5 minutes. The problem I have is that the quality looks great in the MOV file export, but when I burn it to a DVD, it looks like garbage. It's all grainy and the quality a really poor. Here is my workflow:
1) Video is created in Final Cut Pro (no chapters at this point), its all 1 video
2) Video is exported using Quicktime. I use the selected settings, and uncheck Recompress All Frames, and select use chapter markers
3) I compress the video for SD DVD in Compressor, using 120min Best Quality DVD, default settings with this option.
4) I put the audio and video file in my assets for DVD Studio Pro, then Drag them onto the video. I removed the menu item, and changed the video to "play first". I then click Format/Burn.
The DVD formats and burns, and it plays fine. But the quality *****. The raw MOV file looks great. It's clearly interlaced yet at the time of export from FCP, but I am assuming that is normal. Any ideas, or am I doing anything wrong?
Thanks,
Brandon
Message was edited by: Brandon Rohde

Brandon,
I suspect we are missing a few factors in your situation. Let me ask a few questions and make a suggestion or two so we can figure this thing out.
1) What is the make and model of your TV?
2) Are you telling DVD Studio Pro that the movie you've converted to SD is anamorphic?
3) You did tell Compressor you wanted the SD movie to be 16:9, didn't you?
4) To help troubleshoot, try this: In FCP, mark In to Out around a ten second portion of the Timeline, and go to File > Export > QuickTime Movie. Make it self contained but do not re-compress all frames.
5) Quit FCP, open DVDSP and change the Preferences in DVDSP to create an HD DVD title. Import the QT Movie you exported from FCP, drop it into a vidoe track, make it a First Play on the disc and Format it onto your hard drive. Play it in DVD Player and tell us how it looks.
6) If it looks fine, burn it to a DVD disc and play it in your Apple computer. How does it look?
7) Now create a new project in DVDSP, make it a SD DVD project, import the same QT Movie you exported from FCP. Drop it into a video track, make it First Play on the disc, and Format it. Play it in DVD Player. How does it look?
8) Then burn it to a DVD and play it on your Apple computer. How does it look?
9) Now, play it in an external DVD player on am SD television. How does it look?
Please do all that, then reply back to this thread with the answers to all of these questions. I think we'll be closer to resolving the problem after that.
Do not reformat your hard drive or reinstall your OS yet. It is far too soon for that over-reaction. Maybe later, but I seriously doubt that will help anything.

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