Video quality HORRIBLE?

I have downloaded and watched TV shows on my ibook but now that I am using my PC, the video and audio is so choppy I can't even watch it. My PC has a very large hard drive as well as lots of memory and a great graphics card. Why won't the iTunes videos play though?

The videos are low quality because they are meant to be played on your 5g ipod, i've bought several music videos and free stuff and they are all like this. I also have the latest version of itunes and all the reqiured codecs and such, and my pc exceeds the minimum req.

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