Imported from iMovie to fcpx my 1920x1080 original media now is only 720 in fcpx why?

my 1920x1080 original media now is only 720x576 in fcpx after i imported imovie evnts and project to final cut and i cant find a way to change this when i export it always export 720x576 with current but my current media is 1920x1080. reveal in finder and the media is full HD 1920. how can i let final cut pro x to see the media as it is...?
Please help...Thanks a lot guys...

There are a number of things from Imovie that won't work properly when imported into FCPX.
There was one part of a video I needed as is so I exported from Imovie to Quicktime, then imported the clip into FCPX.
I called apple tech support, and they said yes, it is supposed to work, but doesn't.  Great.

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