DVD Player - weird "mirroring" border

When a DVD starts playing in the DVD Player application on my iMac, there is a border of about 1 pixel all around the edge of the picture that seems to mirror the image on the opposite side of the screen. Go to http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=552502 for more info.
Other than zooming in, which cuts off part of the picture, I can't figure out how to fix this. Any ideas on how to actually fix this? Do I need to just report it as a bug?

i'm on a powerbook g4 running tiger 10.4.6. just today my dvd player has been acting weird once i put in a dvd. it plays the dvd but the screen is super distorted with green squares all over the screen.
it's done this with three dvds already. however when i open the dvd in VLC, it plays fine.
any assistence is greatly appreciated!!
Marty

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