Living on Sydney’s Northern Beaches or North Shore comes with plenty of perks — open-plan living, floor-to-ceiling glass, and an abundance of natural coastal light. But a sun-drenched lounge room presents a real challenge when buying a new TV: glare, reflections, and a washed-out picture if you choose the wrong panel type. How OLED and […]
TV Advice & Tips
Buying a new TV advice and tips.
That TV Guy has 25+ years experience in TV installations, audio visual equipment setup and wall mounting services. We service Sydney’s Northern Beaches and North Shore suburbs. Contact Peter, your local TV installer and audio visual expert for TV advice and tips before purchasing your next television and audio visual equipment.
Walking into a big electronics showroom can genuinely throw off your sense of scale. Screens look enormous lined up under bright lights, and a size that felt “too much” in-store often ends up looking just right once it’s actually on a lounge room wall. In over 25 years installing TVs across the Northern Beaches and […]
Customer Jobs, TV Advice & Tips, TV Installations
Sony Bravia 85″ TV Setup in Newport, Northern Beaches: Fixing a Bose Soundbar That Wouldn’t Sync
TV Wall Mount and Soundbar Problems I Found in Newport Getting the Sony Bravia and Bose Soundbar Working Properly in Northern Beaches Homes I got a call about a Sony Bravia TV setup in Newport after a customer upgraded their old telly to a brand new 85 inch Sony Bravia with a Bose soundbar to […]
Customer Jobs, TV Advice & Tips
New LG TV Install in Killarney Heights, Northern Beaches: Reusing the Original Wall Bracket
Just replaced an 8-year-old LG 65-inch with a brand new one for a customer in Killarney Heights, and it’s a good example of why a TV upgrade doesn’t have to mean starting from scratch. Swapping TVs in Killarney Heights Without Re-Doing the Wall The old TV had been sitting on a flat wall bracket for […]
Customer Jobs, TV Advice & Tips
Recorder Stuck on “Please Wait”? HDD Recorder Replacement in Dee Why, Northern Beaches
If your free-to-air recorder is stuck on “please wait” and won’t move past it, I can save you a call-out — that’s almost always the hard drive dying, not something you can fix by unplugging it and trying again. That’s exactly what had happened to a customer’s recorder in Dee Why. The unit had been […]
TV Advice & Tips
Samsung TV Plus Hijacking Your Startup? Here’s What’s Going On – Mona Vale, Northern Beaches
You turn your Samsung TV on expecting to pick up where you left off — Netflix, Foxtel, whatever you were watching — and instead you’re dumped straight into Samsung TV Plus. Sound familiar? This is exactly what happened with a client in Mona Vale recently. Their Samsung had quietly pushed through an automatic firmware update […]
TV Advice & Tips
Moving House? Don’t Take the NBN Box – What Northern Beaches and North Shore Residents Need to Know
Here’s something that comes up constantly when people move house — and it causes genuine headaches for the new owners. When you’re packing up your tech gear, you’ll spot a box somewhere in the house — often in a cupboard, the garage, or a utility area. It’s got some cables running in and out, it […]
TV Advice & Tips, TV Wall Mounting
Samsung The Frame TV Wall Mounting in Dee Why — Hidden Cable Installation
A Dee Why customer recently had her brand new 55” Samsung The Frame TV wall mounted, and this one was a great example of how a proper installation makes all the difference. Getting the position right Before any brackets went on the wall, we took the time to get the positioning exactly right. The customer […]
Yes, it can be safe to mount a TV above a fireplace, but only if certain conditions are met.
Soundbars and surround sound systems offers a different level of performance, complexity, and style. Which is better?