Bad video...columns of small white dots, pixelation

Can anyone help me...i've had the apple tv for some time and now i get inconsistent video quality. Just started several months ago. white dot columns, pixilation are the problems, any suggestions?

I have the same problem with mine starting tonight, and I'm pretty sure the internal video card is going bad.
I bought mine years ago during the first few days after the ATV was released. It was running OS 3.02 as of tonight. When I "restore" it installs version 1.0, but the "dots or lines in video problem" is still seen in the menus. And after the restore it started to lock up randomly, with nothing on it, just by going through the menus.
I'm leaving it unplugged to see if the problem is over-heating, but it's not any hotter than usual.

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