Viewing iMovie events using Front Row looks stretched

I imported some standard def footage (4:3) using iMovie.
When viewing the resulting "dv" files in the "iMovie Events" folder, they look a bit stretched horizontally.
Anyone know why this is?
They look good playing them full screen in iMovie.
They play fine in Quicktime.

I called Apple, but got stuck. They said that iMovie and Quicktime do things that Front Row does not (like adjust for certain things related to aspect ratio I think). They said that Front Row uses the aspect ratio from the original device. I imported these standard def 4:3 mini dv tapes using my Canon HV20 camcorder, not the Sony TRV 30 I recorded them on. I wonder if this i the issue? If so, is there any way to change "the original device setting" for aspect ratio in the dv file?
Here is what "Movie Inspector" in Quicktime shows for the format:
Format: DV, 720 x 480 (640 x 480), Millions
DV, Stereo, 32.000 kHz
But, when I go to Movie Properties->Video Track all 3 items (normal size, display size, and scaled size) show 640x480.
What is the 720 in the Format from Movie Inspector? Can I change it?

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