Media File Image Quality Suddenly Poor

Hi All,
After a few months I have returned to my FCP activities but for some reason the quality of the files in both the viewer and the canvas now look quite poor. There is some color distortion, a kind of "shimmy" to the video, and generally look like crap. This is with all my media, in all projects. As soon as the clip is stopped it seems to become focused, as a still. Yet, videos outside of FCP look fine.
Any thoughts?
Thanks in advance!

Is the footage stored on the exact same drives as before? Or on different drives? How are the drives connected?
Upgrade FCP since the projects were done?
Might just need to trash your prefs. I feel another stock answer coming out.... BAM!
#44: FCP acting weird - Trash Prefs
Shane's Stock Answer #44: FCP acting weird or unusual. Just not like is normally should
If the program was working fine, and now isn't, or just isn't working the way it should, the first things to do are:
1) Trash your FCP preferences. Download the Preference Manager from Digital Rebellion: http://www.digitalrebellion.com/pref_man.htm
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/trashing_fcpprefs.html
2) Open the Disk Utility and Repair Permissions.
3) Shut down for 10 min. Go for a quick walk around the block and get SOME exercise today. Come back, turn on the computer and see how things are.
4) (optional) Do the Hokey Pokey and turn your self about. Results may vary.
Shane

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