IPhoto photos are fuzzy

I've just switched from an iPod Touch to a new iPad and want to sync some of the photos that I have in iPhoto. These photos looked OK on the Touch, but now it looks as though iTunes is not sizing them to the proper resolution when transferring them to the iPad.
I thought that iPhoto and iTunes worked together to "fix" the images for downloading to the iPad, but it doesn't seem to be working for these photos. What do I need to do? Delete the albums? Re-import the photos into iPhoto?
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Dave

AFAIK..
What size/resolution are the photos?
I have (as of now) 6100 pics on my iPad. They are great and sharp except for some taken by cheap..er...less expensive camera's. Matter of fact, most of mine were taken on a Canon 5D and it took HOURS for iTunes to optimize them for the iPad because they were VERY LARGE files (lot's of RAW files). A 2 megapixel phone grab or a low-resolution camera pic will 'look' good on an iPod Touch. When you blow that pic up 4x for the iPad screen size you can get artifacts (jaggies and fuzz). Easy way to tell is to pull up the picture on your computer and check it. So far, of the 4 amateur photogs who got iPads with me, we have been blown away by the IPS screen. Sharp and color saturation is UNBELIEVABLE in a portable device. If you really feel somethings wrong, burn the 'full size' .jpeg file to a CD and head to the Apple store (might want to make an appointment..they're busy). They will pull it up on a desktop and see what's up.
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