New Mac Mini (Lion) and Video Stutter

Hi All,
Just took delivery of the new mini with the ATI card and 500GB drive.
I'm getting constant sticking during playback of video--is there some background process that is causing this?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Joseph

I would like to report that I do see the issue with iTunes
purchased HD movies. Movie will play and periodically
video stalls then continues with audio being unaffected.
This is yet again a case were an OS update borked
playback of iTunes HD material. Lion has done it.
Previously, the same thing happened with an OS update
from 10.6.3 to 10.6.4. It wasn't as severe as now, but had
problem. It didn't get fixed until 10.6.6!!!
For DVD's try XBMC, I use that and have not had any
issue with DVD playback. In my opinion, provides the
best video rendering of DVD's and handles Dolby and DTS
tracks without a problem. And it is free.

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