Flat panel TV rack into the uneven quality of home safety hazards

In recent years, flat-panel TV quickly into consumers' homes, more and more consumers choose the wall mounted, but various installation problems have surfaced. No standard design, installation is not standardized, rack material and other issues have become a family risk.

Reporters learned from a person in the industry, only on the installation of flat screen TV sets, the cost is not standard pylon only 20 yuan, but in line with the international FDMI (video product support suspension) is the standard of its 20 times, the difference between. Industry experts called for the development and introduction of National Standard Specification for flat screen tvs.

Text / chart reporter Lu Defu

A 42 inch LCD TV, the weight of a little more than the weight of up to 35 kg, equivalent to the size of the 4 units of the indoor air conditioning unit 1.5, if the installation is not good, it is likely to fall from the wall, the consequences are serious. Chinese home appliance repair Association statistics show that: since 2005, the use of wall mounted flat-panel TV consumers close to 40%, and there may be continued to rise.

Rack costs vary by several times

The different color TV brand bracket prices are also different, from Guangzhou, an electrical retail giant Customer Service Department of the message shows that some pylons need more than 400 yuan, and some pylons need more than 200 yuan.

However, some enterprises in order to save costs, regardless of the safety of consumers, to cut corners to make simple rack, a huge risk. According to some industry insiders revealed, one with VESA (International Video Electronics Standards Association (FDMI) organization of video products support suspension) standard rack, cost 400 yuan ~600 yuan, but not the cost of rack specification only about 20 yuan.

After the installation of flat-panel TV will not fall? In this regard, said a well-known domestic home appliance retailer customer service department responsible, in accordance with national standards, each screw pull explosion capacity is 80 kg, usually installed flat-panel TVs need at least two pull blasting screws, can withstand 160 kg, far more than a plasma TV or LCD TV in general, weight. After the installation of flat-panel TV will not fall down. However, if the installation process is not solid, plastic expansion nail is not good, will cause the TV to fall. In addition, the structure of the wall is a wooden structure or lime structure when the TV is also easy to fall, and brick structure or concrete walls are generally not.

Television Technology Services Minister TCL Su Demou said, in the selection and installation of flat-panel TV rack installation when consumers should pay attention to check whether standard, reasonable, and resolutely put an end to that of a simple "clock" installation. Su Demou also appealed to the relevant departments of the state should be the introduction of industry standards as soon as possible.

There is no installation standard

In this regard, another domestic well-known household electrical appliance enterprises said that the current flat-panel TV the installation without any problems, "we have a special" flat-panel TV installation specifications and operating manual ", all installed on-site service, comply with the safety index, but also to the present we have not received about the mounting bracket problem for consumers for it is the most important, but not necessarily to join what organization."

At the same time, the company also supports the cost of up to 400 yuan ~600 yuan questioned, support costs which have so high? Does this cost include the cost of international testing and the international standards organization? If you want to pass on the cost to consumers, it is better not to use this standard."

Another domestic enterprise customer service said that at present does not install flat-panel TV national standard, "like flat-panel TVs three packs of the issue is not resolved, flat-panel TV installation is also a new topic, if the introduction of relevant national industry standards, the industry is good, we do not resist this action."