There's even an acronym for them: RLR (red LED readouts). They're as much of a cliche as the fruit trucks or fruit stands that get clobbered in every single car chase.
P.S. Why can't hollywood ever show an accurate depiction of a computer? I can kind of understand the exagerations with gunfire and bombs; most people don't come in contact with gunfire and bombs in everyday life. However, who hasn't seen a real life working computer? Some of us even use them in daily life! Hollywood can accurately show common objects such as doors and stairs without them dancing around, but not computers.