The 1966 movie, Fahrenheit 451 (based on Bradbury's book) depicted a wall-mounted widescreen TV:
YouTube - TV Interativa (Fahrenheit 451)
Gene Roddenbarry had a lot of stuff figured out in the original Star Trek, including:
- Bluetooth devices (Ohura's earpiece)
- Cell phones (Communicators)
- iPads (computerized writing tablets)
- Solid-state memory (rectangle memory squares that record video)
- Babel-fish (Universal translators)
In Star Trek, The Next Generation, we also saw:
- Touch screen displays (The instrument panels on the Enterprise)
- "Speakerphone" type devices (Tap the Starfleet badge and start speaking)
- 3D Movies / TV's (Holodecks)
So - back to the OP's question -- is the future what I expected? No - it is far more than what I thought it would be - the future is now!
-Z-man.