Poor Quality photographs when viewed on TV

I converted by digital photos with iTunes (the very newest version- 6.0.?) and synched them to my 30 GB 5G iPod. The pictures look great on the iPod, but extremely poor (colors are off and very blurry) on the TV (connected properly with an iPod AV cable.) Am I expecting too much, or am I missing something?
Thanks!

you dont have to convert your digital photos to put them on your ipod. I didnt and my photos are very clear

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