Front Row flipping back and forth

Is there a way to prevent front row from flipping the artwork and the progress bar back and forth every so often. I find it distracting when I am playing music. It catches my eye every time it makes the switch.

My understanding for Apple TV and Front Row 2 having this 'flipping' feature, is to avoid screen burn in. As one can imagine, over the life of the product one is likely to be playing music for a fair amount of total time and a static image would potentially burn in on a Plasma screen (while this is supposed to be practically impossible on an LCD I have seen it happen on really old ones as well).
As a large HDTV can cost thousands, Apple are trying to be helpful (and avoiding future blame).
However while the principal behind this feature is good, and the implementation novel, I don't think it is the most aesthetically pleasing (it is too distracting).
TVs displaying stations which have a 'DOG' (Digitally Originated Graphic) i.e. a permanent station logo on screen are an even bigger problem (as the Apple TV and Front Row currently cannot display TV it is not directly related to them). A different method some TVs have built in themselves is to subtly move the picture down a pixel, left a pixel, up a pixel, right a pixel so as to move the fixed image around the screen. However the movement is so small it only helps a minute bit, at least it is far less distracting.
Note: Stations with 'DOGs' are loathed by AV aficionados.
Considering Apple have picked up other iTunes related features from external developers (e.g. Coverflow), perhaps they should pickup JewelCase from Optical Alchemy see http://www.opticalalchemy.com/products.html this can in iTunes display a rotating CD jewel case with the iTunes artwork and the list of tracks showing. Something along these lines would thinks to its movement avoid burn in and look far more attractive and less distracting.

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