Video feels a bit soft

Hi,
Let me first walk you through my workflow.
I made five compositions, each of which contains 2-3 compositions (which then have more comps nested inside). The main five comps are standard dvd resolution 872x486 (gotten straight from one of the preset options for comp sizes).
The nested comps are all at high def, 1920x1080.
So I rendered my five main comps (the 872x486) to uncompressed AVI, then ran those through Adobe Media Encoder at MPEG2-DVD VBR 2 passes. I've attached a screen cap of my settings
When I use Encore to author my dvd, and then view it on a dvd player, all of my fonts look a bit soft. Maybe it's my imagination, and that is the best it gets, but to me I feel like they could be a bit sharper.
Is this a product of my workflow? Or is that normal?

TimeRemap, I used the preset that did NOT have "progressive" in the title, so I believe I am using interlaced. Should I try progressive?
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