' Fuzzy' and unsharp pictures on import from an old Macbook

I have recently purchased a new iMac, and burnt CDs of my Macbook photos and copied.The images are fuzzy and unsharp.
Any fixes?

Simply, are you sure you've actually copied over your Photos and not the thumbnails of them that iPhoto creates on import?
and burnt CDs of my Macbook photos
How, exactly did you do this?
To move an iPhoto Library to a new machine:
Link the two Macs together: there are several ways to do this: Wireless Network, Firewire Target Disk Mode, Ethernet, or even just copy the Library to an external HD and then on to the new machine...
But however you do choose to link the two machines...
Simply copy the iPhoto Library from the Pictures Folder on the old Machine to the Pictures Folder on the new Machine.
Then launch iPhoto. That's it.
This moves photos, events, albums, books, keywords, slideshows and everything else.
Regards
TD

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