Some installers are ready to quit out of frustration. DPL Labs upgrades cable testing procedures to filter out problems.

Jeff Boccaccio, president of DPL Labs, had nearly 70 calls last week from installers who were frustrated with non-functioning HDMI systems.
“It’s a pandemic,” he says. “It’s getting so bad that some integrators tell me that they are just going to quit and get out of the business. It’s sad for the whole industry.”

DPL Labs Unveils Tougher Testing
Boccaccio and DPL Labs have become a de facto consulting firm for hundreds of custom installers. And to help mitigate problems in …

At its most basic level, you could say that the Audio / Video industry was founded by a group of people who truly loved music.

Good music was the first killer application that consumers were willing to spend big money on. Brand loyalties were deep rooted and names like McIntosh, Marantz, B&W (Bowers and Wilkins) and Klipsch were created by music fanatics because what was available to buy was just not good enough for them; and they proudly put their names on the products they developed. Audiophiles were an established market niche long before custom …