What are the common TV Mounting mistakes?

Common TV mounting mistakes in simple terms:

Using cheap plastic anchors in bare drywall: Drywall is basically chalk and paper. If you don’t screw the mount into solid wooden or metal wall studs, a heavy TV or a swivel arm will rip the screws right out of the wall.

Using screws that are too long for the back of the TV: If the screws that connect the bracket to the TV are even a little too long, tightening them will push the screw tip directly into the electronics inside, cracking the screen or destroying the TV.

Using screws that are too short: If the screws only catch one or two threads in the back of the TV, they can easily strip out, causing the TV to drop to the floor.

Missing the center of the wall stud: If you drill into the outer edge of a wooden beam instead of dead-center, the wood can split and the screw will have almost nothing solid holding it.

Over-tightening the wall screws: Cranking the screws too hard with a powerful drill can chew up and strip the wood inside the wall. Once that happens, the screw will just spin loosely and won’t safely hold weight.

Shoving the TV’s power cord inside the wall: It is tempting to hide the black power cord by running it through a hole in the drywall, but standard power cords are not built for this. They can overheat inside an enclosed wall and create an electrical fire hazard.

Drilling blindly into hidden pipes or wires: Using screws that are too long without checking behind the wall first can puncture water pipes (causing hidden leaks and water damage) or pierce live electrical wires (causing shocks or fires).