Video quality bad!

Ok, so I bought my 30GB iPod video like close to a month ago. Just a few weeks ago i threw some movies on it, but the video quality is horrible. Well not with resolution or anything, because the video is detailed. But it has black x-ray looking resolution in shadows and stuff. All that comes in normal and clear is well lighted parts of the movie and CGI such as lightsabers in Star Wars show up excellent. But I put a movie King Arthur on it which is a very shadowy movie (not very abundant in bright colors anyway) and I can't watch any of it cause its all like black. Can I take the iPod back because I put the same movies on my sisters exact model of iPod and it looks fabulous. I'm sick of being jealous of hers so I want mine fixed! Any advice!?

Yup! sounds like a manufacturing problem. take it bck and give em **** until the take it and give you your money/give you a new one just to get you to shut up. thats the only way to get things now adays.

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