Why am I losing resolution?

Hey,
I have a question about overall resolution or picture quality. First here is my workflow...
I take the dvd and use iskysoft (I believe thats the correct name)to rip the contents to my desktop. Then I use dvxdvd to create a proper image for Final Cut Express. Then I open up that file in FCE. I do editing and chapter markers and then I export that as quicktime. Then i take that file and open it in idvd and do a few last minute adjustments to the layout and burn. The thing is that in each of these programs I use I have it set to what I think is the maximum settings for resolution. So i dont understand why the dvd I burned looks considerably worse than the original...

Think of every conversion step as a hammer that beats the data a little making it slight lower in image quality. The more steps you go through, the worse the final image quality.
Starting with mpg-2 compressed data (on a DVD) in particular is a bad starting point because mpg-2 compression is quite lossy. When you modify it and re-mpg-2 encode it, the quality can take 'quite a hit'.

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