Importing dvx-200 P2 into 720 x 480

I have video shot on a dvx 200 and I want to import that into my 720 x 480 sequence for TV. When I import the P2 footage into my file, FCP automatically resizes it to fit into 720 wide to accommodate all of the file (1280 x 720).
My question is this: When I enlarge this footage to approximately 120%-133%, will this give me bad image quality and pixelazation? OR does FCP know that this footage is 1280 x 720 and the resize is negligible?
I followed all the tutorials at proapptips for importing and handling P2 footage, but it didn't answer my question.
Thanks in advance!

But you are not enlarging it 120%. You are simply shrinking it less. Have you looked at the motion tab of the clip (double click on it in the timeline to put it in the viewer)?
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