The Phantom Vision TV explosion did not die down despite the Phantom Vision Company's proactive response.
Discussion of the incident online rose to one fever pitch after another, with countless keyboard warriors offering their views from every conceivable angle.
From the safety of this single product, the discussion expanded to the quality of domestic goods. People always seemed able to connect two things that had absolutely nothing to do with each other.
In many people's eyes, any problem with a domestic product seemed to condemn the entire domestic industry, while a problem with a foreign product was merely an issue with that particular item or batch.
Examples of this were all too common.
Just as some diehard supporters of Phantom Immortal Technology stepped forward to defend the Phantom Vision TV, another video surfaced online.
It was surveillance footage, apparently from a home security camera.
The video clearly showed someone sitting on a sofa watching television. The television's appearance, dimensions, and picture quality all closely resembled those of a Phantom Vision TV.
When the surveillance timestamp reached 9:12 a.m., a flash of flame appeared. Then the television turned into a massive fireball, with the force of the explosion sweeping across a radius of nearly two meters.
The surveillance footage was of limited resolution, so it was impossible to see how the glass fragments scattered in the explosion. But the person sitting on the sofa collapsed instantly and rolled back and forth on it, apparently in great pain.
The video came with a caption claiming that it showed the moment the Phantom Vision TV exploded.
As the saying went, pictures were proof. Now that there was even surveillance footage, who would still doubt it? At least to ordinary people, this was the truth.
Online opinion also split into two camps over the