Exporting 1280x720 video as "quicktime" reduces the size to 655x368?!

I've finished editing 1280x720 .mov clips into a 2-minute long project. They're in great definition in the preview and everything. However, when I go to export it as "Export > Quicktime Movie...", there is a fair loss in quality (I could see small details in the video; now they're somewhat smushed together)!
I've tried different methods using "Export > Using Quicktime Conversion..." too, but when I click on the "size" button, the "current" or native size is a mere 655x368 pixels, and the video quality is still slipping down no matter what selections I make. I tried manually changing the size to 1280x720, but the quality goes down. I also tried exporting directly to youtube, but it didn't even upload in HD 720p like the original file declares it should. It appears Final Cut Express wants to downsize my video and won't allow me to bring the full quality of the video through the export process.
Why is this?
(Unless, of course, I'm just not getting something...)
Getting really frustrated because the original video file is outstanding blu-ray-like quality, and I want to preserve that, but I've been trying for over three hours now... Any answers are helpful. Thanks guys.

I've tried that, along with trying out a few different formats. But since FCE believes the "current" size is only about half of that (the viewer must be changing the size somehow), it somewhat stretches the video and reduces the quality.
Edit: I figured out a (temporary) way to export in full quality, and it's working - I simply adjust the magnification of the viewer to "100%" instead of "fit to window/fit all". But will I have to do that all the time? Because I'm guessing that's not how it works - it should export automatically at 100% of the original sequence and clip sizes.
Edit 2: I think I got it!
It turns out, I initially had it set to "fit to window". It hadn't occured to me to try out "fit all" until I tried out the above. So I selected the "fit to all" option... Now when I go to export, it gives me a current or compressor native size of 1280x720, the proper size. That was pure luck, figuring that out.

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