Help with making video cd from minidv tapes?

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>I played my miniDV camcorder tape directly from the cam to TV using S-video
>connection. The quality was very good. But, when I transferred from
>Camcorder to computer(very fast) to burned DVD....to my surprise the
>quality when played on dvd player(excellent model) was so much less tha
>what I had expected. It was almost as bad as the VCDs and SVCDs that I
>burned. I used the supplied softeware that came with my JVC camcorder to
>capture to computer and Nero to burn. Is this normal?
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> Thanks in advance...Bobkat