Why are incoming MMS pictures blurry and pixelated?

This isn't a problem that I used to have on my old GS3. I was able to send and receive MMS pictures with no problems. However I now have a new Moto X (2014) and all the MMS pics I get are very poor quality and grainy. It makes reading any text in the pic/screenshot almost impossible to read at times.
Everything that I've been able to find indicates that it's an issue with MMS being automatically downgraded, but I don't buy that because, as I mentioned earlier, this was not a problem on my old phone. I have tried various messaging apps (Google Messenger, Google hangouts, the Verizon messaging app) and they all have the same problem. My wife has the same issue with her Moto X (2014). Similarly, she did not have this issue on her old phone which was some older Samsung with a slide out keyboard.
I'm really hoping someone can tell me how to fix this so I can again receive MMS in proper quality.
And no, sending the pictures via email, social media, etc. is not a "fix". This is something that used to work and now doesn't. I shouldn't have to force my friend to send me a picture through some other means when texting used to work just fine in the past.
I should also add that my friend receives my pictures clearly with no quality issues. I am not sure if that is because he has a different carrier (AT&T) or because he has an iPhone. My wife on Verizon with a Moto X (2014) receives blurry MMS from me.
Here are some examples of the bad quality (all sent from my friend with an iPhone on AT&T):
http://i.imgur.com/knqbgx0.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vSueQWZ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/4xe7LER.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/qrcEGmG.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/0cMZ6fF.jpg
Here is an example from a friend using an LG G3:
http://i.imgur.com/8vmjmh9.jpg
Here is a screenshot of the image quality when my iPhone friend sent me a message in GroupMe:
http://i.imgur.com/5swTCuj.png
As you can see, the image quality is A LOT better when sent through GroupMe.

Sorry for taking so long to respond, I was having issues accessing this account again.
This happens with every single picture that I've received on my new phone, even when I send myself a picture.
When I got my new phone, my old texts had been transferred from my old Samsung Galaxy S3 to my new Moto X 2014. I went back and found a text from September 28, which was the last day I had my old phone (I upgraded September 29th). All pictures pre Sept. 29 were perfectly clear. All texts post Sept. 29 are blurry. Here are examples of similar pictures sent to me both before and after the upgrade.
Before:
http://i.imgur.com/JFvFbxG.png
After:
http://i.imgur.com/RfHkSsF.png

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