3 grand for a tv, how much for a :censored: light bulb!

[Byff]

Sitting watching the projector last night - Bang! and the lights go out.

Priced around the net and found out that projector lamps are nearly £200

Does anyone know the cheapest place for a replacement lamp? It's a Hitachi PJ TX-10 and the cheapest I've found so far is £184 delivered. Surely there's a place out there selling these things cheaper than that - please say there is - please!

[D_Mike]

how come they are so expensive? is it some sort of helium lamp or a mercury discharge thing or something?

[off_again]

Sony do a TV which is £18,000 so I dread to think how much components / bulbs / replacement parts are for that one

And that aint the most expensive one on the market either!!!

[ultimasimon]

Unfortunately thats the way with LCD. I have had plenty of them in the past but now I will not play the 'Lamp Salesmens' games anymore.

There is nothing clever about the lamps, some cheaper projectors even use normal dichroic halogen lamps which cost less than £1 to make. Sadly it is a big ripoff.

I forked out a large sum and bought a high end CRT last year. This way there are no nasty surprises and hopefully it will be good for another 10 years.

Also, we used to install LCD/DLP but not now. It is not uncommon for lamps to last 3 months before they fail.

You do have my sympathies though, I too played that game

[wedg1e]

- take the telly instead!

Reminds me, Dieselnut brought a projector round a couple of years back for me to try and repair. I couldn't - one of the LCDs was shagged- but we had some amusement by projecting the Flight Sim onto the vertical blinds of the lounge and then using a radio joystick to fly the Learjet from across the street
Oh, who cares what the neighbours think...?

[simonrockman]

The bulb for my Barco is £700. It's run for 800 hours of it's specified 750 and not gone yet, but when it is there will be a Barco in a skip. And I'll buy a DMD.

Simon

[Byff]

I'm being forced to buy a bloody plasma now - if I do get one, I want it to be a good one, like a panasonic, but she only wants to pay upto £1k.

[randlemarcus]

Byff said:

I'm being forced to buy a bloody plasma now - if I do get one, I want it to be a good one, like a panasonic, but she only wants to pay upto £1k.

Best bet is to look for a good name lik,e Hitachi or Pioneer, but try to find models that are over a year old. Retailers will have had a grands worth of stock sitting on their hands for twelve months, and will want rid. Dont buy from somewhere dodgy, or buy a cheap name (like LG) purely on price. You WILL regret it.

[Extra 300 Driver]

Byff, you're selling your PJ cause the buld went?

I have a benQ PJ and the bulb is £300 but rated for 2500hrs. I think the TW10H has the cheapest bulb ant £150.

If you do wanna get rid of your PJ give me a shout, a friend of mine is after one.

[Byff]

I'll be keeping the projector, but I will be selling a 43" Toshiba rear projection TV. It's a nice TV, but it's no good now because the screen needs to drop down infront of it, hence the requirement of a plasma/LCD that can be hung on the wall.

I'll probably drop DeR a line.

[Podie]

Byff said:

I'll probably drop DeR a line.

That'd be a good plan...

[sixspeed]

These sound like short lifespans!

My Sim2 Domino 20 has a bulb that is rated to last 6000 hours!! The bulb replacement is about £500, but I don't mind if I'm getting that much use out of it. £300 for under 1000 hours on the other hand...



-andy-

[jas xjr]

bulb went in my old projector. funny thing was my mate was taking it to get a price when he was rear ended by some old biddy, the projector was in the boot so her insurance bought me a new one

[cotty]

ultimasimon said:

I forked out a large sum and bought a high end CRT last year. This way there are no nasty surprises and hopefully it will be good for another 10 years.

Just out of interest what size Der sorted me out with 32" Sony widescreen last year. Top gear (not the program) & great picture

Only thing is it weights a ton. Took two of us to lift it

[simpo two]

Byff, I sell projector lamps and can match £184 - is this for company or private use? Please mail me direct if you'd rather feed a PHer

NB Not currently in stock though so hope you're not in a hurry!