News iPod to TV - quality?

One of the biggest reasons I haven't purchased the "video" iPod was due to the 320x240 resolution. However, now that Apple has upped the resolution to a more (closer) native TV resolution, I was curious as to what is the quality of the playback on a TV.
Does anyone have any experience to shed some light on this for me? I'm itching to buy one but I'm still holding off until I can plug my iPod into a TV and watch a program without feeling I'm back in the days of VHS.
Thanks,
Steve

The resolution of the iPod was and still is 320x240.
The resolution of previously download videos and TV shows was 320x240.
The resolution of new downloaded videos, movies & TV shows is 640x480.
However, now that Apple has upped the resolution to a more (closer) native TV resolution
Download now are better than regular TV resolution which is 486 lines visible.

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