Poor quality resolution in my movies

My holiday movies didn't appear on the ATV movies list, so i converted them in iTunes for iPod and the quality is really poor. Any suggestions..?
Thanks.

fwokinfwok,
You could try exporting them from iMovie if you have the original projects or .dv files, otherwise you may be able to use QuickTime Pro to export the media to Apple TV format. Knowledge base article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304974 may provide you with additional information.
Regards,
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