Quality in playback of quicktime files in FCE

Hi, I am a new user to FCE and wanted to ask a question.. I am importing quicktime movies from I Stop motion into FCE and have noticed when the movie is in FCE the quality of the movie is dramatically less then what it was when I open the same movie from my desk top in the quicktime player. Do i have to change the settings in FCE somewhere? Many thanks to anyone who can help me...

I am exporting movies from i stop motion as DV-Pal 16:9. It says its a progressive strem suitable for burning on to DVD. I am a novice at this so I hope thats enough info for you..

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Dan,
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