Anamorphic Clip Timeline Settings

I'm lost in a Timeline Setting. I have a few short clips rendered in Quicktime from an Avid, and they've imported nicely into the project. This is from a 16:9 television station and the clip is 4:3, and I've discovered it's Anamorphic, and so I've told FCP it's Anamorphic by checking the Anamorphic tag on the clip in the Browser. Clip shows: 720x486 (hmmm, why not 480?), NTSC-CCIR601, lower. I make my edit, and allow FCP to set the Timeline settings on the first edit. The clip requires rendering and I render. A still frame in the Canvass retains all of the high detail, but the rolling video when played loses much of that detail. What setting am I missing?

A still frame in the Canvass retains all of the high detail, but the rolling video when played loses much of that detail. What setting am I missing?
The first thing that you need to double check is if you still have a green line highlighted above all tracks, that means that you still have to render the preview. It can be done by hitting Control+R.
The other thing to bare in mind is that the canvas only gives you a proxy image of the real one. You need to check quality on an external monitor or at least a TV.
G.

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