Well I'm still having my colour issues. I'm working away but have no idea if what I'm doing will look anything like the final product, but I was wondering this - if I burn it onto dvd and play it to a monitor using a normal dvd player will it look close to the end result or does the player itself then become a variable?

Thanks,
Jay.

Yes, the components in a player determine how the output looks.
The final viewing system (mostly a TV) will determine it more though.