TV Video Out is Dark?

Anyone experiencing an issue where the iPhone TV out video come out very dark on the TV?
Before update 1.1.3 I was able to connect my iPhone to my TV and watch video with no problems. Since update 1.1.3, the video out from my iPhone to my TV comes out very dark.
I don't think it's an issue with the video file because it looks fine just playing on the iPhone. Also, if I play the same video from my NANO to my TV...the video comes out fine.
Tried restoring iPhone and now just tried update 1.1.4...still the same issue.
Just wondering if it's my iPhone or the software update causing the issue.

Hi ieusu.
I have the same issue with my iPhone. It has been the same since I bought it (1.1.3) and after the recent update (1.1.4). I use MPEG Streamclip to encode TV shows recorded on my PVR and then sync them to the iPhone. They are always significantly darker with lower contrast than the original recording when viewed via TV out from the iPhone. But they are fine when viewed on either the iPhone screen, my Powerbook screen or its TV out.
I took my iPhone to my local Apple Store Genius Bar. They really had not got a clue. They reluctantly wheeled out a cheap LCD TV so I could demonstrate but the picture was so bad and blocky it was a pointless exercise. The guy dealing with me was not interested and was making me feel that I was making a fuss over nothing. He ended the session by basically saying what did I expect from a phone and that you can't expect it to be as good as a dedicated player.
My point to him was that I have to encode with severe adjustments in MPEG Streamclip in order to compensate for the poor output. In doing so I render the encoded files useless for other devices because they are too bright and contrasty. Therefore how am I supposed to build up a library of MP4s that I can play on the iPhone, Apple TV etc if I have to do a dedicated (very time consuming) encode for each device. Surely this goes against Apple's "it just works" ethos . He shrugged and still failed to see my point.
I took the various sample encodes with me on disk but was told there was no other iPhone available to run a comparison! What we did check was the cable. My iPhone TV out cable is a composite cable and the picture on their TV was the same when mine was replaced with alternative composite and component cables. So it's safe to say the cable is not at fault.
By the way, to improve the picture for TV out, I set the adjustments in MPEG Streamclip to +40 Brightness and +140% Contrast. It actually needs more but that setting is the limit that allows me to alternatively view on the iPhone screen (with the brightness turned way down!).
As this thread is the first I have found regarding this issue (and by the positive reviews of iPhone TV out I have read) I am pretty sure that you and I have faulty handsets. When I have more time I am going to go back to Apple with this and try to get them to take it more seriously.
Report back if you get any further resolution to the issue.
Good luck.

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