I've used both Xantech and Niles Dinkylink sytles and Micro Link (tube) stiles, and found the microlink worked best next to the plasma screen. We did mount a dinkylink directly to the side of a Panasonic plasma once and even though it had a steady glo to the status light it seemed to work normal...We'll just have to wait and see...It sucks when the customer insists that you set something up that way. Save a buck on parts and pay a lot more on service calls in the long run...