FCP Sequence compression / format for editing photos for a HD Plasma screen

Hello Forum
I'm editing a 10 minute documentary that's mostly based on graphics and photographs, and a voiceover. There's maybe 30 seconds of HD Video in it (Sony EX1 Camera). (But I assume the video will be convertable into any format anyway.)
The final film will be screened on an 1920x1080 HD Screen.
What sequence preset should I use? I don't see any 1920x1080 in my final cut pro 5.2.
I'm somewhat new to the world of HD. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
Cheers,
sk

Thank you for all your replies.
You guys are right. Sorry it's 5.1.4...
Let's assume there's no video involved. What would be a good format workflow for a 10 minute film containing audio, graphics and photos only (72dpi jpgs and tiff files)?
I will receive low res / temp photos for a rough cut. And then high res photos for the final cut.
I would like to edit offline with a timeline setting that allows me to pan and zoom in/out of photos without much rendering, a fast compression. And then once the cut is approved another setting that allows me to uprez to a higher compression with little effort.
My setup: Mac Pro (2009) with 3 gigs of RAM (thinking of upgrading to 6) and 512 megs graphics card.
Any advice is much appreciated.
Thank you
sk

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