First, I have the original
First, I have the original Antec Fusion case and swear by it. Second, if the LCD is front and center so that you’re looking at it regularly, having some information on it will either be a great feature or utterly annoying to you. What’s recording is usually duplicate info you could access with a simple button press, but might come in handy when the TV is off. Music info/controls might be kinda neat, but you’d probably prefer to use a remote to change tracks or pause. When mine was in sight, I had RSS feeds going across it and I found that quite useful…. although, extremely addictive! 
Beyond that, as a secondary display, it might come in handy for troubleshooting. Honestly, the only place I think one would be extremely useful is on a headless server. Otherwise, it’s a “nice to have” feature.