Some videos show up widescreen while some don't...???

I would love a defintive answer to this one.
I have my ATV hooked upto my TV that puts out 1080i.
I've ripped all my movies at 640x480. Some show up full screen while others show up with bars on the sides. Is this because some movies are formatted for widescreen while some are formatted for 4:3 standard aspect ratio? If so is there anyway to fix this? The videos are a mix up of movies and TV shows.
Thanks!

Michael,
Knowledge base article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303530 provides detailed information relating to Letterboxing, Pillarboxing and Windowboxing.
Regards,
Chris

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You should check out this thread. It will explain why you are seeing interlacing in iMovie with the Legria HF200.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/13203436?messageID=13203436
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[email protected]
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