Can't sync movies, can't find answers, can't stop cursing

I just bought two movies from ITMS for a long plane ride.
At first, I couldn't see them in iTunes (they just said, "UNAVAILABLE"). I upgraded to the most recent versions of everything, I authorized and de-authorized and re-authorized, and now I'm able to play them on my computer.
If I can figure out how to get my G5 and my Cinema Display onto the plane, I'm all set. However I was planning on taking my iPod, and therein lies the problem.
I cannot move these movies onto the iPod.
At first, I was getting a prompt that said something along the lines of "movie is in the wrong format", but these are iTunes movies, so how can that be? Now I don't get any message at all.
When I drag them to the device in iTunes, I don't get an "add sign". I get nothing. When I try to sync using the iTunes iPod sync menu, it just says, "Sync complete".
I wrote to Apple Support and got this reply:
+Videos purchased from the iTunes Store cannot be played on iPod models earlier than the Fifth Generation iPod (iPod with video).+
But I don't have an iPod earlier than a Fifth Generation. I have a Fifth Generation. So by that wording, shouldn't I be able to watch movies on this iPod?
Besides, I've purchased and successfully watched music videos and TV shows on this iPod many times. So... +what's going wrong?+
If you have any ideas, I'd really be grateful.

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_Windows Hardware_
A PC with a 1GHz Intel or AMD processor
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A broadband Internet connection to use the iTunes Store
An iTunes-compatible CD or DVD recorder to create audio CDs, MP3 CDs, or back-up CDs or DVDs
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*64-bit editions of Windows Vista or later require the iTunes 8 64-bit installer*
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