I think that CRTs will be around for quite a while to come, maybe not in things such as TV's, but certainly in things requiring ultra high presision such as video editing or commercial photography. I have yet to see ANY LCD screen that comes close to a high end CRT.
I think perhaps Plasma might become more popular as time goes on, certainly from what I've seen the picture quality is certainly as good as LCD, though in one shop recently I saw a plasma screen in a shop window in bright daylight, to say the picture was vibrant and sharp would be to do it a disservice. It was far in excess of anything I've yet seen in an LCD screen, and to top it all off, it was cheeper by half over the LCD screen sat next to it which looked in comparason, pants.
I think that whilst I'm loath to admit it, digital convergance might (finally) be starting to take shape.
I think that the whole server/ (reletively) dumb terminal setup may be making a comeback.
big arse server under the stairs, with something the size of those mini itx based systems in replacement for a full blown PC, a games console hooked up to it, maybe your stereo, and a couple of NAS drives dotted around the place.
I don't forsee the need for P4 toasters and fridges (though the latter would be interesting to see) but who knows.
The future will be interesting if nothing else.
