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Apparently I'm a millennial, even though that's a term that didn't even exist until I was already an adult.
I think tastes vary a lot. Personally, I'm into a little bit of everything, but mostly 70s and later. What I would call "vintage" and not "antique". I like the high-end professional 90s-00s stuff and I also really like small, attractive knob/woodgrain consumer models. I'd just love to have a shelf full of beautiful 13" color 70s/80s sets. A lot of younger people are just going to want one CRT, usually a production monitor or a late consumer TV. Some may be more into computer monitors. Some want to have every type of high-end production monitor with extras for back-up.
I think the general takeaway is that with everybody's interests averaged out, you will see growth in demand for all CRTs across the board with a heavy curve for the high-end. The people with the most money will want the best stuff and will compete for it. The spillover into antique televisions is small, but does exist.
The good news is that CRTs being junked is going to become less and less of an issue. There are smart people in the CRT gaming scene, figuring out how to do things like perform RGB mods.
If I had a nickel for every time I heard somebody say, "They need to start making CRTs again!" I might have close to a dollar. I don't see that happening. What I think could be great though is if we saw a return of the CRT TV repair shop.
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