Mpeg-2 Preset Ignores Frame Size settings

Trying to export a 720 x 486 FCP sequence to an mpeg-2 @ 720 x 480. Using the mpeg-2 Program Stream preset MODIFIED to set the video format to NTSC. But I keep getting a 640 x 480 file (both Quicktime and FCP recognize it as 640 x 480 and it is clearly distorted from the original). A previous post in March detailed the same issue (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1951262&tstart=0) but is still unanswered.
Any thoughts? Anyone?

640x480 is the square pixel equivalent of 720x480 rectangular pixels. QuickTime displays in square pixels while FCP displays rectangular.
-DH

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This question is from some other forum member. Don't know why they're linked to my e-mail address.
Fran (luvsfotos)
> Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 22:22:36 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Frame size discrepancies in project settings?
Hi Guys
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