No, I haven't been to a Gold's in many years. Almost all of the Gold's Gym's here were bought by 24Hr Fitness several years ago, then 24Hr Fitness became a fitness only type of gym, and got rid of most of their good equipment for all Hoist Roc-It crap. I actually just looked and there are only 3 in the entire Houston area. One is like 20 minutes away, but I can't imagine there is anything there that would justify me driving the 20 minutes out and back. I also do not value some of the things you mentioned. So I don't really notice it. Like video screens on my cardio equipment. Even when there is a screen there, I use my phone to watch whatever I want, so I don't really even notice them. As far as differences with the same machines, I probably wouldn't notice that much either. If the movement and angles are the same then it would likely be a difference in how much resistance which I am likely to be unaware of unless I just recently used more on the same machine elsewhere then realized this one didn't have it.
That being said, I go to Fitness Connection for most of my sessions, and they have some great strength training equipment. Many of the major brands, tons of variety, a few DL platforms, tons of squat racks, a tire flipping machine, just a great overall selection especially for the price of the gym. However I don't think any of their cardio equipment has nice screens. Then again for $10 a month for the club only membership you can't really complain much. That being said if I normally went somewhere nicer then I would probably notice missing some of these things. Then again, I actually get annoyed at having to log into these newer devices if you want any of the bells and whistles. Just let me pick a program, enter my weight and let me go...
Haha, I mentioned it earlier and some people moved the convo over to the old log then @Smont said he didn't care too much. LOL! So, things went to hell in a handbasket.