Samsung Frame TV installation Austin homeowners ask about usually comes down to one question: how do you get a TV that is meant to look like framed art to sit properly on a real stone fireplace? This 65-inch Frame install is a good example. Stone-faced fireplaces are common in Austin homes, and the chimney wall is often the natural place for the TV because it is the focal point of the room. That surface also decides how the install has to be done. Stone is uneven, it is dense, and it does not forgive a bad pilot hole. We have written up similar jobs on a 75-inch Frame over a stone fireplace in Dripping Springs and a 75-inch Frame Pro in Avery Ranch, and the same ideas apply here. So when an Austin homeowner called us about a 65-inch Frame above a stone fireplace with a Sonos soundbar underneath, we knew what the day would look like.
This was a two-TV visit, booked as one appointment with two technicians on site. The main job was the 65-inch Frame on the stone chimney wall, installed on a medium flush mount so the TV sits close to the stone instead of sticking out into the room. Close-to-the-wall matters on a Frame, because the whole point of the TV is that it reads as a picture on the wall. A bulky bracket works against that. Below the TV, a Sonos soundbar sits on the mantel shelf, and the wood mantel runs directly under the screen. On this kind of layout, the first things we check are mantel depth, how far the TV can sit from the firebox, and where the stone is solid enough to take the mount. The same visit also included a second TV in the mid-size range on a ceiling mount. Finished install: a 65-inch Samsung Frame flush on a stone fireplace, soundbar on the mantel below it.
If you are deciding between a Frame and a standard TV, here is the practical difference. A Samsung Frame is a QLED TV with a matte, low-glare screen and an Art Mode that shows artwork or photos when you are not watching, and it uses a customizable frame around the edge. A standard Samsung QLED or an OLED will usually give you a brighter or higher-contrast picture for movies and sports in a dark room, but it is a black rectangle when it is off. Over a fireplace, that is the trade. The Frame is the better pick when the TV is going to be visible all day in a living room and you want it to look like part of the decor. A standard QLED or OLED is the better pick when picture performance is the priority. Neither one is wrong, and we will tell you which one fits how you actually use the room. Pricing depends on the TV, the mount, and the wall surface, so we quote each job individually rather than from a fixed number.
Fireplace installs are one of the things we do most. We mount TVs over fireplaces faced in stone, brick, stucco, tile, and drywall, and fireplace jobs get a second technician, and stone takes extra care, skill, and patience at the wall. We handle flush, tilt, and full-motion mounts, MantelMount systems for TVs that need to come down from above a fireplace, soundbar installs, Sonos setups, and cord concealment options for any layout. We are an authorized dealer for Samsung, including Frame and Frame Pro, as well as LG, Sony, and Sonos. We install across Central Austin, including Allandale, Crestview, Northwest Hills, Enfield, Westover Hills, Bryker Woods, Pemberton Heights, St. Johns, and Circle C, and in the surrounding suburbs of Cedar Park, Round Rock, Georgetown, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Pflugerville, Dripping Springs, Kyle, Buda, and West Lake Hills.
Bat City TV has been mounting TVs in Austin since 2017, and our owner has 15 years in the AV industry. We have more than 440 Google reviews at 4.9 stars and over 200 on Yelp. If you have a Frame, a stone fireplace, or just a TV that needs to go somewhere it has never been, call 512-865-6185, visit batcitytv.com, or request a free quote at batcitytv.com/quote.
