Widescreen problems in idvd.

when i export my movie from final cut express it is normal size 4:3,but when i try to make a dvd useing idvd my film comes up with the bars at the top and bottoms of the screen when i preview it but it looks fine but when i burn the film to a disc and play it on my t.v. the menu looks fine but when the video plays it has pixels when the camera moves can anyone help please.
respond please if tried everything

For the first two years its worked great, but for the last year I've been having this problem ..
You've posted to the iDVD '08 forum and iDVD '08 hasn't been around for three years.
Did you upgrade to the iLife '08 applications and THAT is when the problem started or what?
What version of iDVD are you trying to use?

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