Import quality worse with Full rather than Large

I'm shooting on a Canon HG10 using HPX mode.
If I import using large, the quality is very good. If I use "full", then the quality is worse. A bit blurrier with thin horizontal lines (interlacing?).
Can anyone help please?

Really? You don't see the difference?
Ok, well here is it blown up to 2X to make it more obvious:
and here it is blown up to 2X and with the contrast increased to make it even more apparent:
I perhaps didn't pick the best frame as an example, but it is very obvious in motion. If necessary I suppose I could post a small movie clip to show.
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