Video is squeezed horizontally

I have my resolution set to 720 on my 1280x1024 computer monitor using an HDMI to DVI cable. The problem is that on half the NON-widescreen videos the picture is squeezed on the sides horizontally. Pinching the pictures. This only happens on some non-widescreen content.
Usually widescreen videos go full screen clipping off the sides of the picture which is good.
Should i try a component video to VGA cable instead? 1080p isn't supported by my monitor.

It's difficult to suggest what is going on, when the effects of encoding are multiplied by the effects of scaling on your monitor, there are many possibilities.
When your PC uses the monitor, it uses a graphics driver that is capable of handling a number of resolutions, the monitor on its own may not have the ability to handle different resolutions and how it displays 1280 x 720 on its 1280 x 1024 screen may or may not be correct.
A properly encoded 16:9 video if displayed properly by your monitor should have black bands top and bottom, a properly encoded 4:3 video should have black (or grey) bands on all sides. At no time should the whole screen be filled by video.
Your issue is not resultant from the Apple tv, it outputs a fixed resolution regardless, it's either your encoding or your monitor or perhaps a mixture of the two.

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