There's a lot you can do with TDA. It just requires a little planning and creative thinking, since it's not as explicit as Ulead.
You can also do quite a few tricks with Photoshop or Premier. Most of my DVDs are/were done with TDA.
Here are two tutorials I wrote that use TDA.
http://www.allaboutduncan.com/tutorials/
And here's a page of menus I've done. Most were done in TDA, if not, they could be easily duplicated in it.
http://www.allaboutduncan.com/menu.asp