Fair enough point, but the OP is saying that it looks bad on both the TV and the monitor. The step that is giving trouble seems to be the making of the DVD, because a rendered video AVI looks good.
Darrin, until you_can_ get hold of the other guy, there is not much anyone can do to help. We need to know what software was used (it may well not even be Vegas: in fact if you try to burn a DVD in Vegas Studio, you cannot “burn” it to Hard Disc Drive at all and have to create a DVD disc) and the steps and settings in that software.
Nick