Scaling 2k 16:9 down to SD timeline... getting edge noise

Rendering out 2K footage from Color, conforming it to a SD timeline, clips scaled to 48%. Areas of the image with fine detail are buzzing on playback.
Is there something like bi-cubic/bi-linear filtering I can apply to clear this noise? Tried scaling to 50%, no better.
Ideas?

I've tried a few options... best quality on resize and deinterlace (although there is no interlacing to begin with, its progressive footage) and so far nothing looks good. I am trying one now with Anti-aliasing turned up to 100... we will see, but these controls (anti-aliasing and details level) seem to be geared for scaling up footage, not down.
OK, anti-alias at 100% introduces bizarre artifacts on edges, like prismatic blobs of light.
If I use flicker-filter in FCP on this shot, it helps some, used on the transcode from compressor with 100% anti-alias it removes the problem completely, but artifacts from compressor are unacceptable.
I love FCP, but i have to say... in Avid DS, this is a flick of a switch.
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