Poor Quality Export. PLEASE HELP!

In FCP X, I am trying to export my project in full quality. I went to quicktime export like I did in FCP7 to create a reference file for burning to DVD but the file was very pixilated and poor quality. what should I do to create a full quality export in FCP X?

So you captured via Firewire ... then it seems likely the footage is DV.
You imported the footage into FCP X, edited with it, and then exported using Share > Export Movie w/ Current Settings, yes? If not, how? What specific steps and settings did you use?
And then you burnt a DVD with the exported movie file and it looks pixelated on your TV? Did you do a direct DVD burn test using the original capture files, just to test that they are not teh problem?
Cheers
Andy

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