HDV to H.264 color loss

Anyone know why when I convert HDV to H.264 Quicktime media, that the color saturation washes out significantly? This appears to happen in Compressor with whatever H.264 settings I choose, however it doesn't happen going to MPEG 4.
Thanks,
Russell

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