I like this solution for the "quick fix"...

However, it seems like there should be a much easier (Modular) solution to this. This is an option that I use VERY regularly when putting sites together... there may be tons of splash pages for sections of a site that are heavy on graphics, and nothing like the content of the rest of the site.

I'm new to drupal myself, but couldn't it be solved using page-front.tpl.php for your homepage, and removing the title from that one?

I'm still trying to figure the best way to display custom content using views, cck, the nodeteaser on your recommendation, and my custom regions that I have in my homepage layout.

seriously though, this should be a default option...a lil checkbox for "display title" checked by default... or a pretty simple module could do the trick. " I say that, but my first custom module has yet to be finished... so easy sounds easy, but maybe not quite...