Making Video into High Definition in Final Cut Express

I just took some video in high definition with my high definition camera. I want to edit them in Final Cut Express, but when I import them, they show up as standard definition, not high definition. How can I change it into high definition?
Thanks,
Sam

G'Day Sam,
You have have either downcoverted in the camera during capture or have an incorrect Easy Setup.
If you downconverted accidently it requires re-capture with the correct camera settings.
What are the clip properties?
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I am having problems getting rid of excess video from FCE. What is the best way to actually get the stuff I don't need off the system and out of the computer?. The losslessnes of FCE is causing me problems.
My computer is a new imac 2.8 GHz intel core i7, Memory 8GB 1067 MHz DDr3
Startup disk Macintosh HD
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac11,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.8 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 8 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: IM111.0034.B02
SMC Version (system): 1.54f36
I am using a 400 to 800 firewire cable
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