A video on the cost of changing television screens outpaced the purchase of a new tv, and the circulation of the video online during the spring festival raised concerns. The beijing youth reporter noted that similar content had started to appear on the internet many years ago, but that it was always resonating with a number of netizens. Many consumers are unsure and even dissatisfied that the cost of changing television is 70 percent or more of the entire television. In response, some paint and electricity company sources stated that it was normal to change the screen at a higher cost than to buy a new television, especially for lower-end televisions, which were higher than the price of the whole machine, and that, if added to the increasing labour costs, the switch price would have exceeded the price of the new machine. In fact, similar situations do not occur only in the television class, and many products with higher levels of integrated production are more or less similar, in which consumers complain more about the “zero-sum ratio” in car maintenance. At the same time, professionals have cautioned that, from a technical point of view, consumers are not advised to replace the core parts of digital products alone, let alone to change the screen, for example, for televisions that have been in use for longer periods of time and that have suffered from an ageing screen。
Why would it cost $4,600 to change the screen
In the recent past, there has been a “bringing of 2700 television on the internet,” and the change of screen would cost $4,600. The author indicated in the video that he had purchased a 75-inch television set at a cost of $2,700, but that the unexpected breakscreen needed to be replaced. By contacting the manufacturer's official customer service, the price for change of screen was as high as $4,600. Consumers are dissatisfied with this: “why is it more expensive to change the screen than to buy a new machine?” the consumer said he understood the fact that television screens could cost 70% of the entire television set, and that he could accept it if he spent 2,000 on multiple maintenance, but why the price was as high as 4,000
In response, north qing newspaper journalists contacted a company associated with a color plant, stating that television screens could account for 70 per cent of the total television costs, but consumers ignored the labour costs of changing television screens. In the age of intelligent production, it is not surprising that the labour costs of the same processes are much higher than those of automated production. According to industry practice, the labour cost for the 75-inch television switch is not less than $2,000. "it's not hard to imagine that a low-end phone doesn't cost more than $2,300 to change the screen."
Tv screens cost 70% of the machine
Television screens are known to be the largest cost of television production and, since lcd television became available, lcd screens have been able to account for 60 per cent of the total cost of the whole machine, or even more than 80 per cent, if added to a model that is closely related to the screen. In recent years, with the development of technological processes, while the cost of screens has decreased, the cost of screens remains absolute
Although consumers complain, television producers are in fact more acutely aware of the high cost of screens. Since lcd television began to spread in the chinese market, china, which is the world's largest producer of colour power, has been unable to feed itself for a long time and is largely dependent on its introduction. As a result, most of the television prices sold by chinese paint and power companies are actually working for panels. Moreover, chinese paint and power producers are often at risk of being cut off by the lcd supplier, which has a direct impact on industry security in china's color and electricity industries. As a result, china has adopted the panel industry as an important technological target, and today chinese-made liquid crystal panels have become an important source of national television screens. The continued progress in the domesticization of panels has also led to a rapid reduction in the cost of lcd screens and a significant decline in market prices for lcd television, which has resulted in 75-inch lcd television selling more than 2,000, which is equivalent to just one medium- and low-end mobile phone. However, this also raises new issues, namely, the increasing ratio of labour costs to television prices in post-sales maintenance, which often leads to complaints from consumers that the cost of television maintenance is even higher than the purchase of new machines。
North qing journalists have been searching online, and similar complaints and even complaints have increased in recent years. Last may, shao xing's consumer master bought a lcd tv at $3450 and was told that it would cost $3,400 due to the break-up of the inner screen. In december 2021, chengdu consumer wang reported to the media that just after three years of quality assurance, it had purchased millimetres. After the sale, ms. Wang was told by mi tv maintenance staff that “can only change the screen” and that the overall cost was over $3,000, accounting for about 80 per cent of the original television price, “it was too much to let the consumer give up maintenance。
Digital products often have maintenance prices that exceed new ones
In fact, repairing more than the new machine is not a “patent” for television. In their interviews, north qing journalists learned that among the more automated digital products there is a similar problem, particularly with the replacement of more expensive core parts, often at a total price even higher than the purchase of new machines, such as notebooks, mobile phones and digital camera replacement boards。
The office of the survey of consumer and electronic products of the china electronic chamber of commerce has paid attention to issues such as “replacement camera prices” and “screen maintenance prices exceed new machines”. However, it was found in the survey that many of the digital products maintained by consumers were mostly old-age products that had been used for several years, that the metaware of their own older products were scarce and that the cost of production was more expensive at the time, and that “price-for-money” tended to be uneconomical if consumers were to perform better than they were now. Consumer ms. Zhang bought a $3,000 digital camera in early 2018, which, after four years of use, had an unserviceable malfunction, which was shown by the error code as a failure of the main plate. When she found the seller who had purchased the camera at the time, she was given the reply that it would only be repaired at her own expense beyond the warranty period, at a total price of over $2,000. “the digital camera, which is now at the same level, only sells $2,000, but i am used to it, and miss zhang is in a dilemma。
In response, digital producers told north qing journalists that consumers are not actually advised to opt for maintenance, and that it would be more appropriate to switch to new machines. “this is not just a cost consideration, but a technical one. In the first place, the question of the compatibility of various elements. According to the same source, the product design takes into account the whole useful life of each component of a device, which is compatible with each other's useful life, thus avoiding the cost of having one element of a device reach its useful life while the other part of a device is operating for longer periods. In the case of an ordinary digital camera, a machine is proposed to be used for about six years without taking into account the obsolescence of performance indicators, and if the master plate fails after four years and is replaced by a new one, it may encounter problems with other components two years later. “it would have been more wasteful if the repairs had been abandoned and replaced directly, which would have been two years before the new master board had been laid off.” of course, he also indicated that low-cost maintenance would be worthwhile if it were only a minor failure of non-core components。
On the other hand, the sophistication of digital products is high, the level of precision and standardization of manual maintenance installation is certainly less than integrated manufacturing, and theoretically there are instances where the same parts are installed manually with less useful life and performance than the original ones. Therefore, consumers are advised to proceed with caution with regard to overhauling the core components of digital products。
