HDV 1920x1080 footage in FCE 3.5 ~ UNRENDERED~

I very much apologize if this has been addressed before, but I need to figure this out now and I've spent hours searching! :'(
I am trying to edit HDV footage (shot 1920 x 1080) in Final Cut Express 3.5. (I added the mpeg-2 plugin for QT available from Apple.)
Since FCE 3.5 only supports 1440 x 1080, I guess I should convert my footage to 1440 so that I can work without having to render every single time.
Please tell me what steps to take! I have Streamclip and could convert them in that. I tried converting them to 1440 x 1080 (4:3), and they look fine in FCE, but they are still unrendered.
I thank you with all my heart to someone who can help me. Thank you!!

Hey Tom,
Oh, I see about the 1920 being the display format. That makes sense now.
Someone else (in Japan) shot and captured this into FCP. That is why it has the FCP HDV codec on it. They sent me a hard drive of the captured files. Of course I couldn't use the HDV codec until I got the mpeg-2 codec add-on for QT.
Yes, *if I render*, I can see/hear the footage just fine in FCE. This is what the clip properties say in FCE:
Vid Rate: 29.97 fps
frame size: 1440x1080
compressor: HDV 1080i60
data rate: 3.1 MB/sec
pixel aspect: HD (1440x1080)
Anamorphic: +[this space is blank]+
Field Dominance: (Odd)
Alpha: None/Ignore
Composite: Normal

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