Pixelated preview - Help!!!

I'm using color with a variety of codecs. With every one of them, the preview is pixelated. I'm using a second monitor (23" Apple HD Display) for my preview monitor). I don't notice the pixelation when I render out SD footage, BUT when I render out DVCPRO HD footage it is still there (even converted the footage to Apples Pro Res first to see if that helps-it didn't).
I would be happy if I could just see the image without pixelation in parked mode (while grading) and be able to render out HD footage without the pixelation.
I have changed the Proxy settings - that didn't help either.
Anyone?

Once you have your footage back into FCP Under your sequence settings make sure to choose upper field on the interlaced settings even if you are viewing progressive footage see if that helps, in my many hours experience using Color the preview is poor (slightly pixelated)as it doesn't handle footage properly (in my personal experience) possibly due to it been sourced from dvcpro hd given it only seems to display one field on a normal monitor regardless of settings in Color or whether or not it was progressive dvcpro hd footage to start with.
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