Just bought a new TV? We handle the entire setup — unboxing, wall mount or stand, DStv decoder linking, antenna tuning, Wi-Fi configuration, Netflix and Showmax log-ins, soundbar pairing and full picture calibration. One installer, one visit, one fair price.
Tell us the TV brand, size and what you need set up — we'll quote and confirm a same-day or next-day slot.
From the moment we walk through your door to the moment you've got Netflix playing on a perfectly calibrated picture — here's exactly how a Nathtec install runs.
A modern Smart TV is part hardware, part software and part service log-in. We handle every layer.
Explora & HD pairing, ARC audio, remote sync.
HDMI-eARC, Dolby Atmos, sub placement.
Netflix, Showmax, Disney+, DStv Stream.
Colour temp, contrast, gamma, HDR tone.
Voice remotes, universal remotes, CEC.
Pick the package that matches what you need — or build a custom install from the line items below.
Quick get-it-working setup for budget installs.
The complete setup most Gauteng households need.
Full home-cinema setup with calibration and tuning.
Please note that all prices displayed are estimated starting prices only. Final repair costs may vary depending on the TV size, model, fault diagnosis, parts required, labour, and any additional repairs needed after inspection.
Every package — Basic, Full or Premium — includes the same level of professionalism. The difference is the scope of work, never the quality.
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"Brought home a 65-inch QLED from Game and didn't know where to start. Nathtec arrived the next morning, wall-mounted it perfectly, sorted my DStv Explora, got Showmax and Netflix logged in, and even calibrated the picture. The whole job took about two hours and the cabling is invisible. Worth every Rand of the Premium package."
"Booked a Full Install for a 55-inch Hisense ULED in our new place in Pretoria East. The installer was on time, fitted the wall mount perfectly level, and set up Wi-Fi and apps without any drama. He even spotted that my DStv decoder needed a firmware update and sorted it. Honest pricing, no upsells, very professional."
"We had three TVs going into a new home in Midrand. Nathtec did all three in a single afternoon — a 75-inch in the lounge on a full-motion mount, a 55-inch in the main bedroom on a tilting mount, and a 43-inch in the kitchen. All cables hidden, all apps logged in, all remotes synced. Excellent crew and very fair total price."
Each TV brand uses a different smart platform with its own quirks. We know them all.
Samsung accounts, SmartThings device control, Bixby disable, Ambient Mode setup, gaming hub config, Q-Symphony with Samsung soundbars.
LG account, Magic Remote pairing, ThinQ AI setup, Apple AirPlay, channel scan, OLED screen-saver and pixel-refresh schedule.
VIDAA account, Showmax and DStv Stream native install, Anyview Cast for screen mirroring, voice remote, ULED picture preset selection.
Google account integration, Chromecast built-in, Google Assistant voice setup, Play Store app management, mini-LED picture tuning.
PlayStation 5 auto-HDR sync, BRAVIA CAM setup, Cognitive Processor XR picture tuning, Acoustic Surface audio configuration.
Android TV / Coocaa setup, Google Cast, app sideloading where supported, picture mode for both bright and dark room viewing.
A full Nathtec TV installation includes unboxing and inspection, power-on test, wall mount or stand setup, source connection (DStv decoder, antenna, soundbar, gaming console), Wi-Fi configuration, app installation and account login (Netflix, Showmax, DStv Stream, YouTube), and final picture calibration. A complete handover demo finishes the job.
TV installation in Gauteng ranges from R780 for a basic setup to R1,450 for a full install (including wall mount and Wi-Fi setup) to R2,200 for our premium package with full calibration. Final pricing depends on TV size and wall material.
Yes. We handle DStv Explora, HD Decoder and DStv Stream linking, including HDMI-CEC pairing, remote re-pairing, soundbar audio routing via HDMI-ARC and aerial tuning if you use the SABS terrestrial fallback. We are familiar with all current DStv hardware in South Africa.
Yes. App installation and account login are part of every Full and Premium installation. We install Netflix, Showmax, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, DStv Stream, YouTube, Apple TV and any other South African streaming app you need.
Picture calibration is the process of adjusting your TV's colour temperature, contrast, brightness, sharpness and gamma settings away from the over-saturated factory defaults toward broadcast-accurate values. On any modern QLED, OLED or ULED screen, calibration produces a visibly more natural, cinematic picture.
A Basic installation takes 30 to 45 minutes. A Full installation with wall mount and Wi-Fi setup takes 90 minutes to 2 hours. A Premium installation including DStv, soundbar pairing and full picture calibration takes 2 to 3 hours.
Yes. We pair Samsung, LG, Sonos, Bose, JBL, Yamaha, Sony and Hisense soundbars with the TV via HDMI-ARC or eARC, configure surround channels, set up subwoofer placement and link any rear speakers. We also set up full multi-channel AVR systems with calibration mic and AVR control codes.
Yes. Same-day installation is available across Johannesburg, Sandton, Pretoria, Midrand, Randburg and Soweto when booked before noon. We can also collect from major retailers and deliver-and-install in a single visit.
The day a new television arrives in the house is supposed to be exciting — but for a lot of South African families it instead turns into an unexpectedly long, frustrating afternoon of unboxing, googling Wi-Fi error codes, trying to remember the Showmax password, fighting with the DStv remote and finally giving up and just watching whatever is already on the antenna feed. A professional TV installation service exists precisely to skip every one of those steps. We handle the unboxing, the mounting, the source connections, the Wi-Fi configuration, the streaming app log-ins, the soundbar pairing and the picture calibration — and we leave you with a properly set-up entertainment system that works exactly the way the manufacturer intended.
A modern Smart TV in 2026 is genuinely a complicated piece of consumer electronics. A 55-inch QLED or OLED from Samsung, LG, Sony, Hisense or TCL ships with its own operating system (Tizen, webOS, Google TV or VIDAA), its own ecosystem of apps, its own picture-processing pipeline with HDR10, Dolby Vision and HLG support, its own connectivity stack supporting Wi-Fi 5 or Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth, AirPlay, Chromecast, Miracast and HDMI-CEC, and a remote control that may use infrared, Bluetooth, RF or all three. Getting all of those layers configured correctly, in the right order, with the right account credentials, is what turns a TV from "a screen that turns on" into "a properly working entertainment hub" — and it's what a Nathtec installation delivers, every time.
Across thousands of installations in Gauteng, we see the same DIY mistakes again and again. Wall-mounting onto gypsum without finding the studs — the bracket goes up looking fine on the day, then slowly pulls out of the plasterboard over six to twelve weeks until either the TV drops or, more commonly, a frustrated owner phones us in a panic. Connecting a 4K Dolby Vision source with the wrong HDMI cable — the picture appears in standard dynamic range and the owner spends the next three months wondering why their R20,000 OLED looks "a bit flat". Connecting a soundbar via optical instead of HDMI-eARC — losing Dolby Atmos and any chance of lip-sync correction. Skipping the firmware update — leaving a brand-new TV running shipping-day firmware that's typically months out of date, missing app updates and security patches. Each of these mistakes is genuinely subtle, easy for a non-specialist to miss, and easy for a properly trained installer to get right the first time.
A core part of every Full and Premium installation is Wi-Fi and streaming-app setup. We connect the TV to your home network (preferring the 5GHz band where reception is strong, or falling back to 2.4GHz for greater range), force a full system firmware update, set the correct date, time zone and language for South Africa, configure parental controls if you have children in the house, install the streaming apps you actually use (Netflix, Showmax, DStv Stream, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube, Apple TV, Crunchyroll, BritBox, MultiChoice's Catch Up Plus, depending on your subscription stack) and then help you log into each one using your own credentials. We never store or retain your passwords — once they're entered into the TV's secure credential vault we verify nothing has been cached or echoed anywhere else on the device, and we always recommend changing any password you've shared with us within 24 hours as a routine best practice.
South African households almost universally combine streaming with satellite or terrestrial TV. Whether you have a DStv Explora 3 with a Showmax bundle, an older HD Decoder with PVR functionality, a DStv Stream device, or a standalone DVB-T2 terrestrial aerial, we handle the full source-side setup as part of the installation. For DStv this includes HDMI connection, HDMI-CEC pairing so the TV remote controls the decoder, HDMI-ARC or eARC audio routing through to your soundbar or AVR, programming the DStv remote to the TV power and volume, registering the device on your MultiChoice account (where required) and confirming channel updates. For terrestrial reception we perform a DVB-T2 channel scan, optimise antenna pointing if needed, and configure the favourite-channel list to make zapping easier.
Adding a soundbar or surround system to a Smart TV in the right way makes a much bigger difference to perceived quality than most owners expect — frequently a bigger difference than upgrading the TV itself. We pair Samsung Q-Symphony soundbars with Samsung TVs, LG soundbars with the WOW Orchestra technology on LG OLEDs, Sonos with eARC for Atmos pass-through, and any third-party soundbar via HDMI-eARC, HDMI-ARC or optical depending on what the TV supports. We set the soundbar to the correct sound mode for movie and music content, optimise the subwoofer crossover frequency, position any wireless rear speakers for proper surround imaging, and run the manufacturer's room-correction routine (Sonos Trueplay, Yamaha YPAO, Audyssey on Onkyo and Denon receivers, Sony DCAC IX, Samsung SpaceFit). For full AVR-based home theatre systems we configure all speaker distances and levels, set bass management correctly and verify HDMI-CEC and HDR pass-through.
Every TV ships from the factory in a deliberately oversaturated, blown-out "vivid" or "dynamic" picture mode. The reason is commercial — overly bright, eye-catching demo settings sell more TVs on a showroom floor. The cost is that the picture you take home looks nothing like what the film director, the cinematographer or the broadcast colourist actually intended. Premium installations include a full picture calibration routine: switching to Filmmaker Mode or Cinema picture preset, setting the white-point to D65 (the international broadcast standard), adjusting contrast and brightness to a calibration test pattern, optimising the gamma curve for either dark-room (gamma 2.4) or bright-room (gamma 2.2) viewing, configuring HDR tone-mapping and disabling all of the unnecessary motion-smoothing, edge-enhancement and dynamic-contrast processing that ruin film-style content. The difference, side by side, is immediate and obvious — skin tones look natural, blacks look properly black, and the picture takes on a distinctly cinematic feel.
The vast majority of Gauteng TV installations are completed the same day. When you contact us with the TV brand, size, package preference and your suburb, we come back within minutes with a fixed Rand quote and an earliest available slot. Most jobs in Johannesburg, Sandton, Pretoria, Midrand, Randburg and Soweto are completed within 24 to 48 hours of the original call. If you have just bought the TV and need a complete delivery-and-install solution, we can collect directly from major Gauteng retailers including Game, Makro, HiFi Corp, Hirsch's, Incredible Connection and Takealot pickup points.
Many of our installation customers ultimately use our wider service portfolio. If you need just the wall-mounting part on its own, see our dedicated wall mounting service. If your existing TV has developed a fault rather than needing a new install, see our repair cost guide for transparent Rand pricing, or browse the common TV problems guide for diagnostic help. For brand-specific deep-dive content see Samsung repair, LG repair, Sony repair, Hisense repair, TCL repair, Skyworth repair and Panasonic repair. For fault-specific guidance our service pages cover Smart TV repairs, LED TV repairs, OLED TV repairs, QLED TV repairs, motherboard repairs, HDMI port repairs, backlight repairs, power supply repairs, screen repairs, sound repairs, Wi-Fi repairs and remote sensor repairs.
To book professional TV installation anywhere in Gauteng, call or WhatsApp 078 721 3551. We'll have your new TV unboxed, mounted, configured and properly tuned — often the same day.
From a quick Basic Install to a full Premium home-cinema setup with calibration, we'll get your new TV from box to couch in one professional, on-time visit.
Please note that all prices displayed are estimated starting prices only. Final repair costs may vary depending on the TV size, model, fault diagnosis, parts required, labour, and any additional repairs needed after inspection.