I was wodnering the same thing. Its true the right people need to shoot, but without sounding arrogant my stuff looks gorgeous in FCP, and a raw MOV even a compressed H264. But make a dvd and it looks like utter crap! I know the dvd is SD but like the OP intimated, buy an sd dvd of a hollywood movie and it’s fantastic. I shoot on dull HD, progressive, put alot of effort into lighting and shot comp, and at elast for DVDs it’s all a waste b/c, as said, looks like shit.
Help please!