Videos Blurry When Exported

I am using CS4 and whenever I render a video it comes out blurry. I am using the default settings when exporting media.
Any idea what I can do?

Work through all of the steps (ideas) listed at http://ppro.wikia.com/wiki/Troubleshooting
If your problem isn't fixed after you follow all of the steps, report back with ALL OF THE DETAILS asked for in the FINALLY section, the questions at the end of the troubleshooting link... most especially the codec used... see Question 1

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Please check out John T. Smith's information.
At this point, if you could tell us the file extension of the file involved, that would give us a start while you are
gathering the rest of the details.
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General
CompleteName                     : C:\Users\Leonardo\Desktop\Super Mario Bros.avi
Format                           : AVI
Format/Info                      : Audio Video Interleave
FileSize/String                  : 438 MiB
Duration/String                  : 43s 993ms
OverallBitRate/String            : 83.4 Mbps
Video
ID/String                        : 0
Format                           : RGB
CodecID                          : 0x00000000
CodecID/Info                     : Basic Windows bitmap format. 1, 4 and 8 bpp versions are palettised. 16, 24 and 32bpp contain raw RGB samples
Duration/String                  : 43s 993ms
BitRate/String                   : 82.7 Mbps
Width/String                     : 256 pixels
Height/String                    : 224 pixels
DisplayAspectRatio/String        : 1.143
FrameRate/String                 : 60.100 fps
BitDepth/String                  : 8 bits
Bits-(Pixel*Frame)               : 24.000
StreamSize/String                : 434 MiB (99%)
Audio
ID/String                        : 1
Format                           : PCM
Format_Settings_Endianness       : Little
Format_Settings_Sign             : Signed
CodecID                          : 1
CodecID/Hint                     : Microsoft
Duration/String                  : 43s 992ms
BitRate_Mode/String              : Constant
BitRate/String                   : 705.6 Kbps
Channel(s)/String                : 1 channel
SamplingRate/String              : 44.1 KHz
BitDepth/String                  : 16 bits
StreamSize/String                : 3.70 MiB (1%)
Interleave_Duration/String       : 17 ms (1.00 video frame)

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