Panned pics from a Final Cut HD project looked horrible???

I am struggling with a problem. I have created a project in Final Cut HD, and after exporting and then imported the M2V file into DVD Studio Pro. But the pans of the pics look horrible as they pass by in Studio Pro. Very pixelated and blurry. I can't tell if it's my computer having a hard time processing the info, or if I've messed up on the export from FCP.
Can anyone give me some help? Any way to goose my system, or am I dealing with a poor export. I used the Quicktime MPEG2 default settings, and the change in bitrate makes no difference. The program looks clean coming off of FCP, but then gets really trashy after the export. I've opened it up in quicktime, and it does look a little better, but still blurry. All of the other elements look great. Just the motion elements in the panned pics look horrible??
Thanks for any help!
Bryce

Two other things to consider as well as inadequate bitrate:
1) if the panned pics look bad on a TV, but fine on computer, there could be a field rendering issue. (If they look fine on TV but "bad" on computer, with comb-tooth-like artifacts at edges, that's OK... it's just the computer not doing any deinterlacing)
2) Double-check that the pans are correct in Final Cut HD. There are settings that can affect the quality. In particular, if the photo you're panning over is larger than 720x480 or 720x486, you can run into problems with the quality of the image.

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