Hi folks, excuse the username but I thought I'd just pop in with my 2cents. I'm Lewis Roberts, author of the blog mentioned in the above posts. I realise that some people are saying "What's the problem, just screw the screws in and be done." but that doesn't really cut the mustard does it?
Let's say you bought a car with the intention of putting a tow-bar on it. Tow-bars have a universal size of bolt that they are supplied with, 17mm and 18mm but the manufacturer has cut 17.5mm thread in to the vehicles mounting plate for said tow-bar attachment. After you complain, they send you a set of screws which you blindly use. You're driving down the motorway and your caravan becomes detached, without killing anyone it happily glides off the motorway and smashes in to a million pieces. Who's at fault?
I realise that the example is a little drastic and probably significantly more costly but there is really very little difference. Samsung is quite simply not concerned with the issue because they believe their screws "fix" the problem. They don't fix it, it's a bodge job and a major manufacturing defect, not to mention if they state that the TV is VESA compatible they're guilty of false advertising.
THERAAAVEN: You're right, the bolts for a supposed VESA compatible TV aren't Samsung's problem but when Samsung manufacture a TV which is not VESA compatible with 4.5mm threads when there is no such thing as a 4.5mm bolt, they should be responsible for providing a 4.5mm bolt for the TV. In their opinion, supplying a 4mm self-tapping screw is sufficient.