Why does SD 16x9 (m2v) looks soft compared to ProRes422 LT

Thanks for reading this post and ik you can help me carifying this topic, thanks again...
Here is the problem...
I start from a mp4 file (H.264 1920x1080 ACC 29,97 fps 13,08 Mbit/s), convert it to ProRes 422 (Proxy-LT-HQ) with Compressor 3.5.3
This conversion look great, the LT and HQ versions. The Proxy is not that good but that is normal.
If I look at the ProRes422 HQ version with QuickTime or MPegStreamClip it look great. Even if I resize to SD 16x9 resolution 1024x576, it looks great.
But now comes the problem. After rendering to a m2v file it looks bad. Soft, blured, no details. Is this normal or is there something I can do...
Settings for mp4 --> ProRes :
- Apple ProRes 422 HQ
- Automatic Gamma control with NO interlaced (source is progressive)
- No Frame Controle
- No filters used
- No geometry settings
Setting for ProRes 422 hQ --> SD 16x9 m2v. But this takes houres for 5 min of video
- m2v SD DVD PAL Progressive 25 fps
- Quality 7,7 Mbps Best for motion estimation
- Frame control ON
- No filters
- No geometry
Please can somebody help me...

Some questions/comments:
What are you trying to accomplish and where did the MP4 come from?
Your expectations are probably way too high for DVD SD compression; if you want higher quality for TV playback, the best option is to invest in a blu-ray burner.
How are you juding the MPEG 2 quality? Viewing on a computer display will not provide accurate representation of image quality (invariably will look worse); evaluate image on a TV monitor to see how it will really look.
There's no upside to using 422HQ - just bigger files - particularly if it's going to end up as an MPEG-2 file. Use ProRes.
"Hours for 5 min of video" is not good, but hard to put into context without knowing what your system is.
Russ

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