Imported & Exported HD Video Imovie '11 Big Loss of Quality

This is plain outrageous i noticed this flaw about a week ago.
I noticed how iMovie '11 degrades the quality of any HD Content whether it be a an Imported file or card or camera regardless. And Yes in the Prefrences FULL QUALITY is selected under the video tab. The Exported Content is the same Poor quality under highest settings quality FULL 1080P as imported even if exported a Quicktime X file H264 compression. The bottom line the imported content looks horrible in iMovie '11 it exports horrible too under the highest settings.
I tried Final Cut X on the other hand and It was Great no loss of quality there via the comand import Imovie Project. But I did notice how Final Cut X messed up on some of the transitions and the titles were off but that was an easy fix
Something has to be done iMovie '11 When Are you going ship '12 or '13

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(See this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11846858&#11846858 ..)
I've never noticed this problem: but when I HAVE seen poor quality - by adding an iMovie '09 title onto pristine DV footage, like this:
..I've followed Karl Petersen's instructions about how to change it into (apparent) top-notch quality like this:
Karl suggested opening the exported movie in QuickTime, and pressing ⌘ and 'J' and ticking the 'High Quality' box in the lower-right corner of Video Settings:
See here, and click on 'Start Slideshow'.
Steve disagrees, I think, with this, and says that this simple fix doesn't work.
Try it, and see if it works for you.

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