Anti-Alias, Smart Objects and Photoshop

I'm using photoshop to create a poster for a client of mine. I placed vector graphics from illustrator into my photoshop document, creating smart objects. As you can see, below, it looks like an Anti-Aliasing issue, where jagged lines are EVERYWHERE. However, you can also observe that the text (created in photoshop) also appears to be fuzzy/jagged.
This issue can be seen on the print out, as well, so it doesn't appear to be anything in the preview...
The Anti-Aliasing option in the transform toolbar is greyed out for me. I've gone through all the settings and i can't seem to find anything that may do this to my file (and it only seems to be affecting this one file).
Version is as follows: 14.2.1 x64
Any and all help is greatly appreciated.

There are no jagged lines in that example - you're just rasterizing at a REALLY low resolution.

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> I'm struggling to see the significance of the "Open as Smart Object in
> Photoshop" feature in Lightroom 2 + CS3? I can't see how this is any
> different/better than just using the "Edit in Photoshop CS3" option?
>
> Can someone please explain the difference and why I would want to use
> one over the other?
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