The online retailer is getting into the consumer electronics market with the AmazonBasics line, a line of low-cost accessories. No worries, the products all come in “frustration free” packaging. Those products include HDMI cables, Ethernet cords blank DVDs and more.

Jeff Bezos has committed to expanding the line “in the coming months” and the products will be eligible for free shipping if you order $25 or more. Americans can begin ordering today, but the international scene will have to wait a bit.

The people from CEA are the group behind the geek fantasia that is CES. CEA is into more than putting together one of the greatest displays of geek debauchery on the planet, it also does things like predict holiday electronics sales.

You might expect this holiday season to be slow with the sluggish economy around the world. According to the CEA, despite the economy shipments for Q4 2008 are expected to grow by 3.5% compared to Q4 2007 shipments.