I preferred the old style route display (DRMD panels, apparently) over the LCD displays.
Main reason: The most important info was always on display.
Also loved it when the new route map depicted the circle line as a circle [1].
[1] https://blog.sgtrains.com/2020/06/system-maps-over-the-years...
Yup, the old ones are so much better it's not even funny. Crystal clear at times where you are and where you're going.
The new LCD ones loop ads and random garbage half the time. The other half of the time they often show just the next station, not the whole line with its interchanges etc.