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I wonder if the injury rate involving TVs has dropped noticeably from the transition from CRT to LCD to LED.
Probably leveled out and made no difference.
Back with heavy CRT TVs, everyone placed them on a cabinet or solid shelf .... and yes injuries happened if it was knocked over or just suddenly fell.
Many modern lighter LCD TVs are more often hung on a wall. Yes they are lighter but they are also heavier than hanging a painting so it needs reinforced bolts to go in the wall. Many people hire professionals to do this but most people I know do it themselves. Some people are better with things like this than others. Which is why I've seen many TVs just fall off because they were installed wrong.
An improperly wall-mounted LCD isn't a huge falling threat unless there's a child or pet under it though.
I would expect most injuries from tube tvs would be muscle related from lifting them, with the occasional severe shock from those who were brave enough to open them up for repairs but not smart enough to discharge them properly.
lol .... the last CRT TV I owned was a 36" behemoth ... it was as deep as it was wide and weighed about 100lbs as a lopsided box (all the weight was in the front and not the back) ... I was just getting into LCD TVs at the time and I moved the 36" CRT to the basement and planned on placing it front of my treadmill to watch TV. I had to place it about chest height above the ground on a heavy platform I built ... I just about ruined my back carrying the damned thing downstairs, then lifting and moving it into place. Because its a big lopsided box, the weight easily makes you do unnatural things to your spine. I felt like an ancient Egyptian placing a stone on the pyramids.
There's a reason big LCDs come with a strap.