Making My QT movies look as good as my FCP canvases

Using footage from my Sony HDV camcorder (which records in 1440x1080 (1080/60i)), my sequences in FCP look gorgeous and truly High-Def.
But when I try to convert to a QT mov, they look terrible -- pixelated, staggered, ...
What is the best method to create a movie file with maximum resolution and quality? What are the specific settings that I need to look out for?
File size is not a constraint, as I will simply be running the QT movie on another Mac hooked up to a 46" 1080p tv. I just want a final product that is big and beautiful!
Thanks, here are the relevant specs.
Sony HDR-HC1 HDV camcorder
OSX 10.5.1
FCP 5.1.4
QT Player 7.3

select your sequence either in the browser or timeline and go to File>Export>Quicktime check self contained file. selecting just Quicktime will make your compression setting exactly the same as your sequence settings in FCP. If you use Quicktime Conversion to export then you will be adding more compression to your quicktime file.

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