Choppy Video Out when using DVI to Video Adapter

Hi, I just bought the "Apple DVI to Video Adapter", plugged an s-video cable between the adapter and my tv, and then connected the adapter to my computer. The TV immediately recognized the computer, the resolution of my computer display immediately changed to a lower one, I launched DVD player and put a disc in. I was really happy with my new Adapter!
But then, I noticed that the video in the TV was choppy, not all the time, but sometimes throughout the movie... The funny thing is that the video in the computer display is not choppy, just in the TV... I quit all applications in my mac, but that didn't help....
Any help would be really appreciated!
I have one of the newer 15" MacBook Pro's, with 4GB of RAM, and 2.5 GHZ processor.
Thank you very much for your time,
Daniel Vogel

Concerning your question, "if only i knew the the correct entries for a custom displayconfig x timing," I think I can answer that one for you.
It sounds like you have other Macs at your disposal that are correctly driving the TV you are trying to drive with the Intel mini. In that case, install DisplayConfigX on one of those computers and while it is running the TV at the desired resolution, click on the "Card" tab in DCX and then click on the "+" symbol at the bottom right corner. This will open a window in DCX titled "Resolution details" and you will see all the detailed information of the timing you need to enter into DCX on the Intel mini.

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