Full screen view is tiny. Why?

I used to watch movies,etc. in iTunes in full screen view all the time. Now when I choose it, the display is tiny. No matter what I choose, music video, TV show or movie, my full screen view will not work. Help!

Had the same problem and found the fix on another thread.
Play a movie and view full screen, with the postage stamp sized video.
Hit Command (Apple)-3, it'll return to full-screen view.
Command-2 will adjust to actual size.
Annoying little thing huh?
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6500049

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