Front Row & keyboard illumination

I'm not sure if I asked about this before, but I can't find it anywhere in the forum, so, here's the thing (possibly, again). I have the keyboard illumination set to turn itself off after 30 seconds sitting still. It works perfectly fine anywhere within OSX expect Front Row. It turns itself off when I'm in the Front Row menu, but not during movie playback in Front Row. Could anyone try this, I'd like to know if it's just my computer or if it's actually a normal behavior...

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