Widescreen Showing Up As Standard

Hello,
I recently burnt a DVD I shot in widescreen but it only appeared on my TV as 4:3. But when I look at the project in iMovie and iDVD, the footage is still in 16:9. I went into project info, and the setting is 16:9.
In the past when I have done this, the black bars come on top of the TV, but not this time.
I shot it on a Sony HD camera and used 1920 x 1080 format, not mini-dv.
If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong, let me know.
Thanks,
Dale

Are you sure the DVD is 4:3 and not just using 'Pan and Scan' to show you a 4:3 piece of a 16:9 movie?
Check the menu of your DVD player and make sure it is set to letterbox and not 'pan and scan' when playing 16:9 content.
F Shippey

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