I would be curious to know what screen sizes you all are using those layouts on to know how well they would work on different size screens.

I have found that screen size can change how the hud looks. On my 55 in tv, my controller hud layout takes the bottom part of the screen and some of the top, leaving the middle free.

But on my 120 in projection screen, the same hud does not take up as much space and there is far more screen real estate to see the game.

Seeing the game on such a large screen is a totally different experience with everything so big and clear with the camera panned all the way out sitting 15 feet away. After doing it that way, I don't think I could play it on something like a laptop screen.