HDR-SR1 AVCHD conversion problem

I've just connected my Sony HDR-SR1 camera to Final Cut Pro v6.0.3 and opened Log & Transfer tool.
This all worked fine and the conversion process even though slow was easy enough. Now on my HD I have a ProRes 422 MOV file which plays back fine, however when I try previewing this footage on my video monitor, the footage appears very low res.
Am I doing something wrong or is there a preview setting i haven't turned on?
Could it be the ProRes 422 codec causing it?

No answer but a questions:
after the log and transfer with the file in your project,
under item properties, format
is the frame size 1920 x 1080?

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