Video quality of Screen Captures

I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing poor video quality when using the Screen Capture feature? My image quality is so poor that you can't read any of the text that appears on the screen.
Is there anyway to tweak with the settings to improve the video quality?

No. QuickTime 7 can't record the screen, and the QuickTime Pro key doesn't change or unlock anything in the QuickTime X application.
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