I think the root of this is EqyptAir 990. The timing is having it 'piggy-back' on Sept 11th.
One could imagine a small CCD unit embedded in the middle of the panel with a view across both pilots faces. The instruments would continue to be monitored electronically. This is because of the difficulty of photographing a VDU.
Firstly there is the synchronisation problem (when you see a rolling bar on a TV or PC monitor that is filmed/videoed) also, the interplay of natural and artificial light across the screen would make it haphazard.