Valid point!
I had a major problem, however. I've been having crashes all day, and a lockup occurred when I was almost loaded into XP. an error message came up under the CC splash, and everything waited for me to OK it. I could not.
If you insist on having the splash, you need to make it draggable, or if possible have it splash anywhere but the dead center of the screen. There are going to be, and probably already are, cases where your splash prevents someone from using their machine, and that will only get you a bad reputation, regardless of the great product you guys have here.
(See how I sucked up at the end? I <3 Crystalfontz!)
I definitely understand your point about non CF LCD owners using the software. You should get the screen real estate if they're using your software, but you have to find a way to make it less obstructionist. I specifically didn't use the word obtrusive, BTW, because for me it wasn't obtrusive, it literally blocked function.