The airspeed tape, on the other hand, gives only the small picture, requiring further scrutiny to build a bigger picture.
Not true.
You don't have to read the small number in the box to get very quickly an idea what's happening with your speed. You got bugs, you got magenta trend vector, you got the ticks in the tape running visually showing the speed is not 'stable', etc. You actually get much more visual cues than with any analog gauge. I fly with G1000 and prefer clarity of speed presentation over the old aircraft, there is no comparison.