The February 17th, 2009 deadline is looming. After years of expectation and delays the DTV revolution is finally on the horizon. Consumers are filled with complex questions about this new technology. While it is true that most people have little or nothing to fear from the DTV changeover, there are some sobering statistics on the government’s DTVAnswers website www.dtvanswers.com

For instance, almost 20 million households rely solely on over the air signals to receive their TV. Many more households have secondary TV’s in a kitchen or bedroom that are not connected to satellite or cable signals. The government estimates the total number of TV’s about to lose their signals at over 70 million!

Not all 70million TVs are going to be replaced; some customers will need cables, connectors, and converters to upgrade their existing sets. In a lackluster economy and massive margin erosion of big screens, the opportunity might be just as big in the accessory market, maybe bigger. Stampede has hundreds of accessories to go with every TV purchase, and just as many that will help your customers get more life out of that old analog set. Here is a top ten list:

Mounts – Chief/Peerless/Mustang
Cables – Monster/CablestoGo/Belkin/Mustang
Connectivity – Pico Macom/ Mustang
Power Protection – Monster/Belkin
Screen Cleaner- Monster
Extended Warranties- Silver Star Protection Plan
Scaler/Switcher- DVDO/Kramer/Atlona
Cat5 Extenders (for long cable runs)- Intelix/Kramer/Atlona
Wall Plates- Tech Connect/Rapid Run/Data Comm
Audio- Denon/Boston Acoustics