Video to wide for iPod screen & TV

My iPod Classic (80gb) plays all my purchased video's from iTunes too wide. Meaning when I play them either on my iPod or via Apple's AV cable to TV, the video is too large for the screen. Any idea's on why and how to fix it?

Max..
iTunes 11
Windows 7 sp1
I have gone through every permutation of window position, off-screen, on-screen, full screen and as small as I can make it. I did try to confuse iTunes and that didn't work either. And I clobbered it while running.
The window position always returns to its prior and expected location and size.
Maybe there is a file corruption on your system somewhere or Windows isn't allowing the location coordinates to be retained.
Maybe, run the iTunes 11 installer again to see if that corrects the issue.
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Audio Volume
You can change output audio volume in "Output Settings" dialog. The default volume level is 5 (original volume).
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