16:9 footage exporting 4:3. Why?

Hello. I've been searching for this topic in the discussions and although the answer came close, I still have not fixed my problem. Recently I shot a commercial in HD at 720p 60fps. I began a new project and selected an "easy setup" that worked best with the footage. Blackmagic 720 HD 60fps (for my multibridge extreme). All footage imported fine. However when I preview the footage in my preview monitor in RAW. The footage appears stretched. Almost as if it is forced to 4:3. Even more confusing is when I preview full screen, the footage does NOT stretch. ***? THEN! When I export using compressor, ALL export options (even the 16:9) force the footage to 4:3.
Please help. PLEASE!
The deadline is tomorrow!
Thanks
Paul

Ok. I think I figured it out. I purchased a stablizing plugin (iStablize) and used it to stabilize one of my 2 imported clips. When I exported the clip from iStablize, it exported at 960x720 instead of 1280x720. When I reimported the footage into the final cut document, and placed the clip onto the timeline; it threw the whole preview and export off and forced 960x720. So as a solution, I created a new project, re-exported from istablize in the "current size" (1280x720), and then imported into the new fcp document. All worked well and previewed fine!
Now, some new issues.
I cannot preview my timeline in real time! I keep getting an error reporting dropped frames. It says to speed up my hard drive, or adjust the RT. I checked my user prefs and system prefs and they're all set for low rez preview. What gives?
Also, this commercial needs to go out to my local cable company, and they do NOT accept HD format tapes. Is there a way to export to SD from an HD timeline? Or, is there a way to either "print to tape" or "edit to tape" onto SD DVCPro tape?

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