Cover Flow - can it have a black background?

I've just bought a 3rd generation Nano (product RED version) and I'm really pleased with it.
I do have one question though - can Cover Flow on the Nano have a black background? I'm sure I've seen the 3rd gen Nano working with a black Cover Flow background on some website somewhere and I'd like it much more than it being a white backing.
On another note, I really cannot understand what seems to be a angry bunch of haters who just have nothing good to say about it (the comments about the 3rd gen Nano on You Tube are nothing short of insane). You really have to see it in the flesh, it's better than it looks in pictures and for the price, what more could you want?

There doesn't appear to be anything in the iPod nano feature/user guide that says that you can change the background color (I'm talking about the downloadable 71 page manual).
As for the comments against the new nano, I don't completely understand some of the remarks either. I will note, however, that two threads that were started here to complain about the size of the new nano quickly fell silent after I pointed out that the original poster had made math errors and had used incorrect dimensions when trying to show that the new nano wasn't really "nano" anymore. As it turns out they have practically the same front surface area (0.07 square inch difference) which means that if the new nano was less than a millimeter smaller in either width or height it would actually be smaller than the 2nd generation nano. What I mean to say is that it is still very "nano" in size.

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