DVCPRO HD Export Settings at 720p60 offers medium quality only

I cut my film in its native codec of DVCPROHD 720p60. However when I try to export in the same codec using quicktime conversion, it only presents me with the option of medium quality... Does anyone know whats going on here? This is really weird.. any insight would be greatly appreciated.
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Well, I rendered both out to compare file size. The QT conversion file came out to be 28.49 GB and the Quicktime Movie file weighed in at 29.34 GB.
I think the slight difference was the audio settings I adjusted the QT Conversion.
I still think that itssomewhat misleading and they should label the compressor as maximum or high to avoid confusion...
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