FCP 7 lose quality in Canvas, WHY?

I am working within fcp 7 and for some reason all my footage is losing its quality once i drop it into the timeline and it shows up on the canvas, i have changed everything in settings, pref, etc and still no results. The initial footage was avi so i converted it to mov and now even jpegs come up looking terrible. Someone please help me.
if you could email me at [email protected] or respond to this post i would really appreciate it.
Thanks

I imported the Avi file right into fcp with no issue, i also converted it to a MOV file and and reimported still the same problem. The clip plays fine on my desktop as well as in the viewer but once in the canvas the clip losses all of its quality. Data Rate 33.6 K/sec pixel aspect square 16 fps.
Thank you for helping me out i really appreciate it

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