Slideshow resolution not as good as in iPhoto

I wanted to do a little more with a slideshow than iPhoto would allow. After importing rather large files (4meg) into FCP set field dominance to none, tried to avoid compressing ... set compressor to none. Not for TV so set square pixels for monitor viewing. Although realised later if going to mpeg2 for DVD only have choice between PAL/NTSC. Anyway these are the settings I ended up with after searches and researches.
It still doesn't look as good as the iPhoto slideshow except much funkier. iPhoto obviously doesn't have to read frames p/second but the difference is substantial... subjective. Any suggestions on a workflow? Or will iPhoto always have better resolution on big files?

Tom, got no idea how fast my drives are. I was just wanting to make a funkier slideshow than in iPhoto but hold onto the resolution.
The slideshow is for a launch party (my wifes jean range) that I can play from the machine onto my monitor. Also my understanding is (only been doing this for a couple of months) the higher the resolution prior to compression to mpeg the better.
How do I make an uncompressed HD sequence? Is that : compressor - none or uncompressed 8 bit or 10 bit?

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