[stealthn]

Spend money on a good stand too, I did but it was for a 70" I was allowed to buy when we built our basement last year. Sadly I had already put backer board over the dry wall so I could put stone on the wall.
Took a little engineering to figure it out. I ended up cutting the backer board, drywall and using part of the same wood as the floor to create a square to mount the mount. The depth of the screws into the studs was the most important part....

Wall mounting is definitely the way to go and with bigger TV's I recommend the mount that can fully pivot out to get at the back without having to take it down each time.

Babble over.