Video looks funny on G5iMac

Hi All -
Suddenly, movies look funny playing in Quicktime -- almost like they have some kind of Photoshop effect. When I play the same .avi files on other Macs, they look fine. Now I'm noticing that streaming video looks weird in Safari.
Any ideas? Is my video card messed up?
Thanks!
dvdmgsr

What troubleshooting efforts have you tried to correct the problem?
Have you tried repairing permissions & restarting?
Which version of Safari are you using?
Which version of QT are you using?
Do you have VLC Media Player and/or Perian installed? Both play .avi files in conjunction w/QT.
Suggest that you also cross-post in the QuickTime for Mac OS Forum if none of the above works for you.

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