Video out from iPod Classic looks "squished" on my TV

I have a new iPod Classic which replaced a 5G video iPod. I have edited my photos in iPhoto to the 16:9 ratio to watch slideshows from my iPod on my 16:9 plasma TV using an iPod dock from Apple. Now when I hook up my new iPod to the same TV, using the same dock, the video output now looks "squished", and there are black bars above and below the image. When I watch the same slideshow on another TV using my Apple TV, the images look fine, and fill up the entire screen. Any idea why? Do I need a new dock?

And your TV is set to "Full" or the like? I'm used to Sony HDTVs, so I don't know what the setting would be on your TV, but the largest Widescreen setting.
That's the only thing I can think of, especially since you said when you tested it on another TV it worked. So it must be your TV and neither the iPod nor the cable. The way the iPod and cable work together really shouldn't change from TV to TV unless the TV itself has an issue.

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