720p- Output for Screening at theater on Mac Pro

Hi
I've been working on the edit of an independent film. we plan on screening the film at a theater played off of a Mac Pro. I've been having a problem outputting the final film and am confused.
How the heck do you properly output "720p 60f" footage????
Is it 960x720 or 1248x702???
My original footage was shot in HDVC 1248x702 HD, but when I import it into Final Cut it shows up as 960x720???? hunnh I'm really confused. Then no matter what, when I out put the footage no matter whether I output at 1248x702 or at 960x720, my film titles look pixelated. They DO NOT look super crisp and clear.
I'm confused on how to output the footage.

Your video was almost certainly shot at 960x720 or 1280x720.
960x720 may be a pixel size, but it's not "square" pixels. If you're mixing new footage or effects, you should probably output at 1280x720, the square pixel resolution, using ProRes 422 for high quality, smooth playback. It's common for cameras to store only 75% of the horizontal resolution; HDV does 1440x1080 but it's always a widescreen image. Some 30fps flavours of DVCProHD use even stranger sizes, like 1280x1080, but the other size you mentioned sounds like a clean aperture or something similar — just use the full frame sizes in production.
If you're seeing black bars left and right and a squished image in the middle, your footage needs to be reinterpreted. If the sequence is ProRes 422 1280x720 and the footage should match but doesn't, set Aspect Ratio property (in the Distort value in the Motion tab) to 0 and see if that works.
A graphics card is a video card for these purposes. If you're playing back live from the Mac, make sure you're using 1280x720 with 60Hz as the refresh rate in the Displays pane of System Preferences.
If your titles look pixelated, make sure that:
a) Your sequence is ProRes
b) You're not using bright red or green titles
c) You have rendered everything
d) You're viewing it at 100%
Finally, make sure everything is rendered before playback and that nothing else is running or likely to pop up during the movie. You may wish to export the movie and play back with QuickTime Player or something else; if so, add plenty of black at the end.

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