Aperture Slideshow: Blurry/Jagged Photo and Text

I'm an experience digital photographer and user of Aperture 3.2.4, but I'm stumped about how to create a decent slideshow. My photos are very high quality - the original RAW files are ~40MB and exported "full sized" JPEGs are ~10mb each. I've upgraded all of my previews to highest quality, yet a new slide show has blurry and jagged photos and (I suspect this is an important clue) even the slide title (inserted by Aperture) is blurry.
Any suggestions on how to get a "pro-level" slideshow from a "pro" application?

Where in the workflow does the slidehow become blurry, when you play the slideshow in Aperture, when you export and play the .mov file on the computer, when you play the .mov file on another computer, when you make a video DVD and play it on your TV?

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