My Picture looks Terrible in iChat AV

When I try to do a Video Chat session, I receive a near perfect video image from others using iSight and iChat AV, but I'm sending them an image that is mostly black and white with slightly angled lines, and blurry. The same image appears in the little "My Picture" window.
I've used an iSight external camera and a Logitech 3000 with the latest Ecamm drivers - the result is the same. There are no unusual services/processes running and I killed all the startup stuff.
The audio is very clear, but the image is very poor. It appears this way even if I'm not connected with anyone - just going to preferences and checking things out internally and with either camera attached
I'm using the built in Apple Airport card with good reception - I'm 10 feet from the Airport base station.
Any help would greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Hi,
One iBook 12" 1.42, it's at my daughters home in Tucson AZ. At my end is my 17" G-5 iMac, and it looks the same way on my 17" Intel iMac.
She gets a real nice image from me, and I get the almost B&W image with slightly diagonal lines, and a bit fuzzy. The audio is very good.
I VC with other people, using both the iSight camera and a USB camera setup with the correct drivers from IOXperts/Ecamm and the image I get from them is normal.
Thanks.

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