MAJOR Flaw or Bug in the Video iPod

Hey everyone,
I believe I have found a flaw or at least a bug in the Apple 60 Gig Video iPod.
If you play a movie on the iPod it will not let you shut down the unit until you play a song, going back in to the menu screens does not help.
Here is the scenario, you have downloaded a movie to your iPod and you play it, you pause the movie and try and shut down by pressing and holding down the play/pause button and nothing happens.
You go back to the main iPod menu and again you try and shut down the unit by pressing and holding down the play/pause button and again nothing happens.
The only way you can get the unit to shut down it to play a song, then press and hold down the play/pause button and it shuts down.
I have tried this on 3 different 60gig Video iPods and they all do it.
Now what I have found out is that if your iPod is in a Video dock so you can play it on your TV the iPod works, if you press and hold the play/pause button it shuts down right away like it should.
I called Apple tech support about this and they had no clue, they had me reload the OS back on to the iPod and of course that did nothing.
You guys should really try this on your iPods, I think Apple has a bug with these units and I hope that it is not a hardware issue and something that can be fixed via a software update.
iPod 60 Gig   Windows XP Pro  

Ok I have more info on this for you, I am playing a DVD that I installed on the iPod it is 615Meg Mp4 file, it plays perfect no sync problems at all.
I have timed it and I have to wait 2 min and 30 sec before I can turn the unit off once I stop the movie. Now if I play that same movie in my video dock, I can shut down the iPod instantly without having any wait time, I can even shut down the movie while it is playing without having to go back to a menu.

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