Video tearing

Lately I've been noticing quite a bit of video tearing on my 3g iphone. It looks like the kind of video tearing one sees when connecting a computer to a tv. I don't know how else to explain it.
Any ideas?

Can you describe this a little better? I have a Mac Mini connected to a tv and video plays fine.

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