CableEZ at InfoComm 2025: The $75 Fix That Might Save Your AV Budget
At a show filled with AI, immersive displays, and next-gen control platforms, CableEZ showed up with something radically different: a low-tech, high-impact way to stop your AV system from going offline — and to stop your users from walking off with your cables.
No flashing lights. No software updates. Just a purpose-built device that does one thing exceptionally well: it keeps your cables exactly where they’re supposed to be.
Founded out of a real classroom pain point, CableEZ’s growing product line helps AV teams lock down loose cables, eliminate tripping hazards, and stop the “my HDMI’s missing again” cycle that burns time, money, and teaching minutes across campuses every day.
It Started in a Garage — and a Classroom
The story of CableEZ began not in a boardroom, but in a garage. “Jeremy got tired of running around to classrooms and bringing another HDMI cable to the professors,” said Jeff VandeHoef. “Out of frustration, he goes into his garage, slaps together this contraption, slaps it on the wall, and solved the problem.”
That DIY solution — a simple mechanism that physically secures a cable so it can’t leave the room — quickly became a functional prototype. “I took one look at it and thought, well, that’s all sorts of genius,” VandeHoef recalled.
After making it “look pretty” and checking with a patent attorney, the team realized they were onto something. The concept was universal: a cable retainer that prevents disconnections, relieves strain, and stops accidental or intentional removal — especially in classrooms, labs, and huddle spaces where equipment has to stay put.
The Simplicity Is the Point
What CableEZ brought to InfoComm 2025 was a lineup of custom-mountable hardware that:
- Secures cables to walls, touchpanels, or lecterns
- Protects connectors from strain and damage
- Prevents cable loss, disconnections, and wear-and-tear
“None of the stress gets through from the cable to the connection point,” said Jeremy Meyer. “If you’re running your IP transmitters in the wall and worried about people tripping over the cable and shearing off a connection… this really eliminates the ability for that to happen.”
In practical terms, that means no more shredded USB-C ports on expensive touchpanels. No more dead HDMI ports on fixed-input transmitters. And no more rolling carts full of spare cables that walk away one by one over the semester.
The flagship adhesive version — the EZ-MAL — is simple, low-profile, and installable without tools. It routes the cable in through one end, wraps it around internally, and exits the other side, creating just enough play to plug in and unplug, but not enough slack to disappear out the door.
A Real-World Origin Story
Meyer shared that one design came straight out of a situation in his son’s classroom: “24 kids in the classroom with this touchscreen and that USB-C cable’s not going to last… the school’s just like, yeah, we need one for all of our classrooms.”
That pattern has repeated across campuses — as soon as AV or IT sees one installed, it usually leads to a campus-wide request. “It’s just a simple solution to a problem,” Meyer said.
High ROI Without the Hype
With so much AV industry marketing focused on performance specs, CableEZ took a different route: return on investment. “I’ve declared this product to be the biggest ROI product in the AV world,” VandeHoef said. “You’re eliminating lost teaching time… eliminating techs going back and forth to bring another cable… eliminating the drawer full of cables.”
It’s not about solving everything. It’s about solving the thing that keeps interrupting your day.
If you do the math — minutes lost to troubleshooting, cables reordered, calls dispatched to swap out gear — a $75 wall-mounted solution starts to pay for itself in weeks, not years.
Built to Match the Room
While the function is consistent, the form is fully customizable. CableEZ offers:
- Custom branding with logos, port labels, and usage instructions
- Finish options in metal, plastic, wood grain, or custom powder coat
- Wall-mounted or adhesive versions depending on the install
“Whatever we can print or put on that surface is what can be done,” Meyer said. “We can make it metal, we can make it wood, we can brush anodize it… the world’s your oyster.”
It’s the kind of attention to detail that matters when you’re outfitting dozens of rooms and want the tech to disappear into the environment — not distract from it.
Distribution in Progress, Direct Available Now
While still early in its distribution journey, CableEZ is already shipping directly through their website. “Right now we’re direct,” Meyer said. “But if there’s some need, get ahold of us and we’ll figure out how to handle the distribution and get it to you.”
They’re also partnering with dealers. “If you have a favorite dealer… have them call us and we can set it up that way.”
Final Take: Not Everything Needs to Be Complicated
CableEZ’s showing at InfoComm was a refreshing reminder that not all impactful AV innovation involves code or control protocols. Sometimes, the most valuable piece of hardware in the room is the one that makes sure the other hardware keeps working.
With growing demand for HyFlex and soft-codec classrooms, schools are deploying more USB-C, HDMI, and fixed-transmitter systems than ever before. But if a cable gets lost, damaged, or yanked from a wall, none of that matters. The connection fails. The class is interrupted.
CableEZ doesn’t solve every AV challenge. But it solves that one — cleanly, affordably, and permanently.
