Why do iDVD DVD's only hold an hour of data?

I am making DVD's on iDVD with AVI files. How come a DVD you buy in the store has 2 or 3 hours of data on it when the ones I make on iDVD or on a Windows program only hold 1 hour? Is there software you can buy for either a PC or Mac that allows you to put more data on a DVD and still retain excellent photo quality?

How come a DVD you buy in the store has 2 or 3 hours of data on it when the ones I make on iDVD or on a Windows program only hold 1 hour?
The DVDs you buy in a store are double layer.
iDVD 5 will let you put up to 2 hrs on video on a DVD.
The audio on iDVD produced discs is uncompressed and takes up more space the the compressed audio on commecial discs. (Apple's DVD SP will let you produce DVDs with compressed audio.)
and still retain excellent photo quality?
The video on NTSC DVDs is about 640x480 (square) pixels (0.3 megapixels) and so will never look as good a your original multi-megapixel still digital images - especially when viewed full screen on a computer monitor.
Commercial DVDs are produced with very high quality hardware compressors and start off with high quality content optimized for DVD production.

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