Counterpoint: I'm fine without superimposed menus or items if it keeps interrupts and additional processing out of the video stream. I use my ears (and the protestations of those I share a home with) not a number on screen to gauge whether I am at an appropriate sound pressure level. Given that sound pressure level will vary depending on how "hot" the output of a given source is makes a number on the screen even less meaningful to me.

YMMV