Iphone videos on PC - no video

Any videos taken on my Iphone, when played on my PC in Quicktime - only play audio with a black screen. Nero wont even recognize the files so I cant even attempt to make a dvd out of them. So other than watching the videos on my Iphone, I can do absolutely nothing with them.
The main reason we bought these iphones was to be able to conveniently take pictures and videos while on vacation. The pictures are unimpressive to say the least and as of now the video is completely useless. I got Apple buyers remorse out the whazoo right now, any help would be greatly apreciated.
Thanks, Rob
Iphone 4s (updated)
Windows xp
Free Quicktime (updated)

After some googling Ive read that this is an issue others are having since they upgraded to IOS6, apparently videos played fine in 5.
Is there a way to undo the IOS6 update and restore the phone back to IOS5?

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