Quality issues:  Sony CX-7 HD Camera, MacBook Pro, iMovie 08

Hey, everyone. I'm having some difficulties where final quality of movies is concerned. I'm an amateur, so the problem is probably between the chair and the keyboard, but I figured I'd check in and see what anyone here had to say.
I've imported HD footage from my CX-7 at 1920x1080. For the purposes of trying to figure this out, I'm just using a short 30 second selection from the longer clip I imported from the camera.
With that 30 seconds added to my iMovie project, I can preview it in the iMovie preview pane and it looks STELLAR. I mean super clear...awesome. Then I export it to .mov, .mp4...any other format and the quality goes to absolute sh*t. It's interlaced, pixelated, choppy. It looks the way a 640x480 video looks when maximized to 1600x1200.
So, the footage quality is great going in, garbage coming out. Anyone have any ideas?
-C.

Not answered. Will try this again when I get iLife09.

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