Widescreen dvds aren't working properly on my Television.

Help, please. I'm very new to this dvd creation business.
I currently have a movie I'm trying to put on a DVD. I manage to get it all the way on the dvd and it plays beautifully, except I'm getting the last two inches on each side of my movie chopped off every time. I've tried both the widescreen and standard settings and it just doesn't seem to work properly. I understand the tv safe mode in my menues. I'm not having a problem with that but what do I do about my movie itself? Chopped off subtitles are evil...
I'm currently using iMovie HD and iDVD from the iLife '06 package.
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It plays normally on my Mac. It's the only thing it does play normally on no matter what settings I put either my tv or my dvd player on. I tried each setting for picture/screen view on both my television and my DVD player. I checked both the "Letterbox" and "Widescreen" options on both appliances. It still cuts off the edge.
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