Absolute best "export" choice in iMovie 9

OK, I admit I am a techno-tard. I am getting AWFUL output quality of my video after I edit in iMovie, it is pixelated, blurry, just horrendous. What is the absolute BEST export choice. there are so many options, compressor, depth, quality, frame rate, key frame rate, data rate, filter. any help would be most welcome. MY imported file is a DV file resolution 720x576, encoder dvvideo, frame rate 25 fps, bitrate 9000. thank you in advance....I feel like shooting myself in the head the output quality is so terrible. does final cut pro do this Sh%^#?

THis is a bit more complex perhaps. This is all surgical video taken with an endoscopic camera (will have to fing the settings) It burns teh films as mpeg I then convert to mp4 or DV and then import to iMovie for editing. once done I convert to WMV for presentations. maybe I am converting too much but the converted mp4 or DV filed from the mpeg look beautiful when I play in quicktime. it is only when I edit and export on iMovie that the quality looks AWFUL no matter what output seetings I use. Thank you for any help

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