While firewire and DVI are the future I don't see substantial integration of either for at least two years and even then they'll probably be relegated to higher end equipment for another two years. So you're quite possibly looking at four to five years before it trickles down to the Best Buy and Circuit City run o' the mill set. By then the next latest and greatest is out and we'll be discussing something that doesn't even exist today like Dolby 1XobZ.938x1.2.4 or centrifugal floor speakers.

So to answer your question no, it's all relative to the individual consumers wants or needs at the present time.