Using DV QT footage in FCPX

Hi People,
I am having a lot of trouble getting DV footage to look any good in FCPX. I thought I would test it out by doing a small job in FCPX for a client & use a couple of QT master clips from previous edits done in FCP. The QT clips are PAL DV 720x576 (16x9 anamorphic).
I have tried all the options in the settings of the project properties in FCPX , including DV PAL 720x576 anamorphic & it looks the same no matter what. When paused it looks good, but when played in the timeline it looks awful, similar to how it looks in QT player when not set to high quality - soft with slightly jagged edges. Yet when I play these clips in FCP7 they look how they always did, nice & sharp.
In desperation I tried changing the field order in FCPX with no change & have even tried opening the clips in QT7 & changing the video setting to high quality but nothing works. It looks just as bad when exported to a QT movie (current setting) out of FCPX too. It was so bad that I ended up going back to FCP7 to finish the project.
Any help/suggestions would be greatly apprecioated.
Cheers,
Steve.

I have taken screen grabs of the project properties & the source clip properties, does that help?
Cheers
Steve.

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