Okay I've never had any issues with Encore CS5.5, but most of my experience is with HD video so I could be missing something simple...
I built a Premiere Pro project and Adobe Dynamic Link'ed it over to Encore, created the menus etc and everything is great. Check Project finds no issues, it Previews perfectly and looks like this:
(screenshot taken directly from the Encore 'Preview' window)
Once on the DVD, I place the DVD into a DVD player and it comes out like this:
(Picture of DVD loaded in DVD Player/TV, where for some reason it has cut down all sides)
I tested it with multiple TV's and DVD players, changes aspect ratios, doubles checked that both Premiere and Encore files are correct sizes....... Having not worked with SD videos in Encore before... is there something simple I'm missing? I have the client waiting for the DVD, but I'm completely at a loss.
The footage is 720x480, 29.97fps