Codec for YouTube problem

I'm having a terrible time trying to upload my movie on YouTube with decent quality. The video seems fuzzy, and on some spots even soft-focused and ghosted. I've tried different codec's, including H.264, Motion Jpeg A, Photo Jpeg, PNG. Nothing seems to work. I should note that the Quicktime movie looks fine, but when I upload it online, it looks real crappy. Click on the link below to see what I mean.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ruCwsE-vls
I should also note that I posted another movie which I shot with the same camera, and edited on the same final cut, and it looks fine. Click below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpEt4rkjn0c
But the new one looks awful. Has anyone had this problem, and what's the solution?

The problem seems to have turned up around the same time that YouTube went 16:9.
I have some older letterboxed movies on YT and they look great.
My 16:9 test, made from the same file as one of those movies looked terrible.
Complain to YouTube. It's not something that you, QuickTime or FCP is doing wrong.

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Video Tab
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