North Austin is a patchwork. Along the corridors north of downtown you find ranch homes from the 1950s and 60s, mid-century neighborhoods that have been renovated one room at a time, townhomes and condos, and newer infill built on lots that used to hold something smaller. That variety matters for 65 inch tv mounting north austin homeowners ask us about, because the wall behind the TV can be anything from older plaster-style finishes to modern drywall, and the furniture below it is rarely the same twice. You can see another job in the area in this 58″ Hisense Roku TV on a flush mount with a hidden power cord in North Austin. So when a North Austin customer booked a 65″ TV mount with the cords tidied up, we knew the goal: a TV on the wall with no cable hanging down to the media console.

Here is the job. A 65″ TV was wall mounted in a living area, and the cabling was handled with external cord concealment, which means a slim channel on the surface of the wall that carries the cables from the TV down to the equipment below. The channel is white and runs straight down from the bottom of the TV to the media console, so the cables are covered end to end instead of dangling in view. The TV sits above a low wood media console, and the wall around it is clean. Finished install: a 65″ TV on the wall with its cables covered by an external concealment channel.

External concealment is the right choice more often than people expect. It does not require cutting into the wall, which makes it a good fit when the wall is hard to open, when the home is a rental or condo, or when the customer simply wants the quickest clean result. The cables are protected, the channel can be painted to match, and everything can be changed later without patching drywall. The tradeoff is that the channel is visible on the wall, even though it is slim and quiet visually.

The other options each trade a different thing. Cord concealment inside the wall hides everything, and it is the cleanest look, but it takes more time and depends on what is behind the wall. A power relocation kit is the approved way to move the power inside a wall, because a standard TV power cord is not rated to run inside one. A recessed outlet swap puts a receptacle behind the TV so the plug disappears. There is no single right answer, and we lay out the choices when we quote the job so you can decide how much finish you want. Whichever route you choose, it helps to think ahead about a soundbar or a streaming box, because every extra device means another cable to place.

Size matters here too. A 65″ TV is a large, heavy screen that wants a mount rated for the weight and anchored into studs, and its width means the wall needs room to either side. We also think about viewing distance and height. The center of the screen should sit near eye level when you are seated, which usually means lower than most people first picture. Setting the height before drilling saves a lot of neck strain later.

Bat City TV mounts TVs across North Austin and the rest of the Austin area, on drywall and on harder surfaces like brick, stone, and tile. Those surfaces take extra care, skill, and the right tools, and we bring all three. Besides standard mounting, we handle in-wall cord concealment, Samsung Frame TV installation, soundbars and Sonos systems, home theater wiring, outdoor TVs, and TV dismount and haul-away. We are an authorized dealer for Samsung, LG, Sony, and Sonos. Our service area covers North Austin, Crestview, Allandale, Round Rock, Cedar Park, and the Austin metro.

Bat City TV has been in business in Austin for 9 years, since 2017, and the owner has 15 years in the AV industry. We have more than 440 Google reviews at 4.9 stars. If you are in North Austin and want your TV mounted with the cables tucked away, get a free quote at batcitytv.com/quote or call 512-865-6185. We take same-day requests. We post them to our technicians and confirm once one is accepted.