Dark Picture

I recently converted my home movies and DVD's to Apple TV format using QuickTime PRO (export as Apple TV). They look great on my iMac but dark on the Apple TV. I have the Apple TV connected via HDMI and decided to check and see if it was my videos or the Apple TV that was causing it the picture to be so dark. I looked at the trailers and You Tube and they were noticeably darker as well through the Apple TV. My HDTV seems to show all the other HD channels with no problem (Since the trailers on Apple TV are in HD). It seems I have narrowed it down to the Apple TV.
Any help is much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Try changing your HDMI output settings (settings/audio and video)

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