Video looks Pixelated when dragged into timeline..

Hi,
I am having some problems and can't figure out what is wrong. I am using FCP 5.0 on a G5. I did some titling in Live type. I imported the titles in and when i look at it on a NTSC monitor it looks great. When I drag it into the timeline it looks all pixelated (even after exporting as quick time movie).
my sequence settings are...
Frame size 720x480
Pixel aspect ratio NTSC- CCIR 601 /DV (720x480)
Field dominance- Lower (I changed it to Upper and nothing happened)
Quicktime video setting
Comp DV/NTSC
Quality 100%
what am i doing wrong? I have to turn this project in and i can't Get it to work. HELP...

You probably want to look at the settings for your livetype project as well as your FCP sequence,

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