Grainy horrible picture shot with Sony FX7 when capturing

Please help...I shot 15 hours of footage with my new FX7 and am importing it to Final Cut Pro (6.0.2). I shot as HDV. The picture quality looks awful on iMac screen. It is grainy, not at all like it looks like on a FX7 screen.
I connected the camera straight to Sony Bravia HD ready TV and the quality is very good, but only if I put on the Bravia´s "noise reduction system" at full level.
So this is straight from the camera without recording. When I switch off the noise reduction system, the picture looks grainy. Not as bad as on iMac screen, but still bad.
What is going on here? Am I missing something here on HDV material vs "normal material"?
All the best, Timo

Golden,
NEVER judge picture quality from a computer monitor.
Nothing wrong is going on. You always have to monitor your video externally.
Then [see here|http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?objID=f939&search=Go&q=Monitoring +HDV] to find out how to monitor HDV.
You may also want to find out about iMac expandability limitations.
Good luck,
Gig

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