External monitoring oddities in Motion 3, anyone?

Hi all,
I do a lot of NTSC DV projects, and I'm seeing some weird things happen with Motion 3 external monitoring.
- First, the image looks squeezed ("skinny"), with black bars on the sides.
- Second, Motion now applies the "Correct to Aspect Ratio" option to the external monitor (why??), which makes it even more squeezed!!
- Third, moving the canvas with the hand tool moves the image around on the monitor. What does external monitoring have to do with where the canvas is in the canvas pane?
I never had any of these problems in Motion 2. Is there some way to make it act like it used to?
I'm using Firewire NTSC output to DV deck, connected to the monitor.

I don't use FW for external monitoring, but - no, I haven't experienced any oddities since the upgrade...
Patrick

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