ScangaugeII

[eTiMaGo]

It's just like analog vs digital watches. Digital is good for absolute information (i.e. what time is it NOW/What are my revs NOW?) while analog is good for relative information as you can visualize the change in values (i.e. you can see how quickly your revs move to the redline, you can see how much time left before the hour)

Personally I have an apexi rev/speed meter located in front of me, so I don't have to look to the center console. It is usually showing the speed and rpms in digital format. There's also a mode to show them as a simluated analog graph, this is nice, but far too low-resolution to be accurate, I still prefer a big ol' needle racing around.

That being said, it's just a matter of taste and habit!