New 20" iMac Dual - anyone seen this video problem?

My CTO iMac arrived this morning. Specs are: 20"/2.0/256MBVRAM/2GB/500GB. I migrated everything (files, apps, settings, etc) from my 1.67GHz PB. Shortly after that, I tried Front Row for the first time. Almost immediately, I noticed a problem. Rather than try to explain it, I captured it on video and posted with iWeb. Here's the link:
http://web.mac.com/jchiusano/iWeb
I haven't seen this anywhere else but in Front Row. I tried playing the same episode of The Office with QT in Full-Screen view and none of those things showed up. General use (browsing, playing with iMovie and iWeb, etc) didn't show the problem either. The lack of it appearing elsewhere would seem to point to an issue specific to Front Row but I haven't been able to play with the system all that extensively as I just got it this morning. I'm hoping it's not a video card problem but it very well could be.
Any thoughts?
Jeff

Yep, regular DVD player was fine but playback in Front Row displayed the same issues. I forgot to use the tearing term in my initial post as that describes the behavior accurately. If memory serves me correctly, I have a faint recollection of another Mac having a tearing video issue in the past.
As for this specifc problem, it's almost as if the Front Row overlay interface is the culprit. The reason why I say this is because I tried reproducing the issue a couple of times after separate reboots. In one case, it didn't appear initially when playing that same episode of The Office. However, as soon as I hit the volume button on the remote and the Front Row volume overlay popped up, the tearing problem reappeared. Maybe it's just a Front Row problem after all.
Jeff

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I wasn't notified that you asked me a question or that there was a new post on this topic. I should have been, that bugs me.
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