Great Hills is one of northwest Austin’s most established affluent neighborhoods — a wooded community of custom homes between MoPac and Loop 360, built around the Great Hills Country Club and bordered by the Bull Creek greenbelt. The homes here were built in an era when primary living rooms were designed for entertaining, with large open walls and the architectural scale to accommodate a genuinely large-format television. So when a Great Hills homeowner reached out about installing an 85″ Samsung TV with all the wiring hidden inside the wall and pre-wiring for a soundbar that would be added later, we knew this was the kind of premium, future-proofed install where doing it right the first time pays off for years.

The setup was an 85″ Samsung TV mounted on a heavy-duty low-profile fixed mount, with full in-wall HDMI and signal cable concealment, and pre-installed in-wall wiring for a soundbar that the homeowner planned to add later. We anchored the mount into multiple studs to safely distribute the cantilevered load of the 85″ display, carefully lifted the TV into place with the right crew, and set it dead level on the wall. Signal cables for the TV were routed through the wall via low-voltage pass-through plates down to the equipment location below. Then, while the wall was open, we ran additional in-wall cable channels for the future soundbar — HDMI eARC and power runs ready to terminate when the soundbar arrives — so the homeowner won’t need to re-open the wall when they upgrade the audio. Clean wall, hidden cables, future-proofed for the audio system, no compromises.

Pre-wiring a wall during the TV install — even for audio components the homeowner doesn’t own yet — is one of the smartest moves you can make on a premium install, and it’s something most installers don’t think to offer. Here’s why it matters: if you mount the TV today with concealed cables and then add a soundbar in six months, doing the soundbar cables properly will mean opening the wall *again*, patching drywall *again*, and repainting *again* — a job that should have taken an hour now takes a full day and costs significantly more. Running the soundbar HDMI eARC and power channels while the wall is already open for the TV install is fast, cheap, and means the homeowner can add the soundbar later in a single appointment with no wall surgery. The 85″ itself is its own technical challenge: at roughly 100 pounds, it requires multi-stud anchoring, a mount rated well above the load, and a multi-person lift to install safely. Done right, the result is a clean wall with a theater-scale TV that’s already ready for the audio upgrade.

Bat City TV specializes in premium large-format TV installations and future-proofed in-wall wiring across Great Hills and the surrounding NW Austin communities — including 75″, 85″, and 98″ TVs, in-wall power relocation, complete HDMI and signal cable concealment, soundbar and surround pre-wire, Samsung Frame TV installations, full Sonos home theater systems, and custom home theater design. We’re authorized dealers for Samsung, LG, Sony, and Sonos. Our Great Hills service area covers Northwest Hills, Anderson Mill, Jollyville, Spicewood, Steiner Ranch, and all of NW Austin.

13 years in Austin. 386 five-star Google reviews. Authorized dealer for Samsung, LG, Sony, and Sonos. Whether you need an 85″ TV installed with full wire concealment and future-proofed soundbar wiring or a complete home theater system designed and installed end to end, we have the experience and equipment to do it right. Call 512-865-6185 or visit batcitytv.com for a free estimate on large-format TV installation, in-wall wiring, soundbar pre-wire, or any AV project in Great Hills or anywhere across Austin.