Just bought a 55" plasma...

Fatparrot,

Those stud finders never work for me.... as soon as I pick them up they go off and don't shut up until I walk away!!!

Forget the studs being where you want them...

When I mounted mine, I bolted a 2.5' x 2.5' sheet of 3/4" plywood to the wall painted wall white. I pre-measured and sunk T-nuts into the plywood for the plasma bracket... With the plasma on the wall, the plywood in unnoticeable, and the screen in centered on my wall...

I'm sure your installers know what they are doing. I presume you will have a HD source hooked up to this tv?On finding studs-- Each toggle/or recptical box is mounted to a stud. This could be one side of that box,or the other. Just about all studs are 16 in. apart. Once you get close, a tiny drill bit-I do mean tiny- will get you right on the money. Once you 'hit' the stud,drill holes on each side of 'that' hole. This is to find where the stud begins, and ends--so as to get the middle of the stud,and not the edge.The world of HD is exciting;enjoy your new toy!!

Dweller, my Hitachi does 1080i and HDMI. It was installed today and looks great.

There is a detailed stud finding post on avsforum right now in the plasma section in a thread entitled " Oops pissed off the plasma installer" or something similar. It has had posts through to today FYI.