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Loafmeister:


Sorry for the off-topic post H4ck3r (what a basement though, I'm jealous of all the pins)

Projector dudes/dudettes:  I've seen many projectors and I have no problems with the quality on some of these, they've made great strides. What I do have a problem with though, is the bulb lifetime.  My home entertainment room has the TV on for at least 3-4 hours a night. Sometimes, it's more an ambient thing so it's not like we're stuck to the tv.  Anyway, the bulb life on these things a couple of years ago was 2000 hours or so.  Has this been improved at all?  Until they do, I can't see myself owning one of these. Too bad too, I'd love to go from my present 60" grand wega to a nice 10' screen!

RandyT:

--- Quote from: Loafmeister on December 02, 2009, 03:39:12 pm ---Projector dudes/dudettes:  I've seen many projectors and I have no problems with the quality on some of these, they've made great strides. What I do have a problem with though, is the bulb lifetime.  My home entertainment room has the TV on for at least 3-4 hours a night. Sometimes, it's more an ambient thing so it's not like we're stuck to the tv.  Anyway, the bulb life on these things a couple of years ago was 2000 hours or so.  Has this been improved at all?  Until they do, I can't see myself owning one of these. Too bad too, I'd love to go from my present 60" grand wega to a nice 10' screen!

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Heh.  You do know that there's a bulb in your "Grand Wega" too, right?  Looks like lots of folks only saw 2 years of life from that model before a replacement was in order.

But of course, bigger pictures mean more light is required to "paint" the larger screen, and longer distances from the screen compound the issue.  The lamps need to work a lot harder in a projector, and the old adage of a candle burning twice as bright lasting half as long, applies here as well.  That being said, there have been some advancements here as well.  Some models boast as much as 5000 hr life in their "Eco" modes, which are usually sufficient in dark rooms.  The price isn't really as bad as it used to be either, and when you consider the quality of entertainment you are getting, it's even easier to swallow.  If you have a family of four, you can buy a Blu-Ray disc and watch it 40 times before you begin to approach the cost of watching it in the theater....and you keep the movie!

Keep your 60" for watching Oprah.  If you do that, then the bulb will probably last you until you buy the next projector.

RandyT

DillonFoulds:

--- Quote from: protokatie on December 02, 2009, 01:44:02 am ---Nice looking set-up, and love the projector screen. One thing tho, why did you leave those two sex toys on the floor when you took the pics? The one on the left looks like standard fare, but the one under the couch I have never seen before...

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How about one of these?

DaOld Man:

--- Quote from: protokatie on December 02, 2009, 01:44:02 am ---Nice looking set-up, and love the projector screen. One thing tho, why did you leave those two sex toys on the floor when you took the pics? The one on the left looks like standard fare, but the one under the couch I have never seen before...

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Katie, get your mind out of the gutter!!  ;D

Loafmeister:

--- Quote from: RandyT on December 02, 2009, 04:29:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: Loafmeister on December 02, 2009, 03:39:12 pm ---Projector dudes/dudettes:  I've seen many projectors and I have no problems with the quality on some of these, they've made great strides. What I do have a problem with though, is the bulb lifetime.  My home entertainment room has the TV on for at least 3-4 hours a night. Sometimes, it's more an ambient thing so it's not like we're stuck to the tv.  Anyway, the bulb life on these things a couple of years ago was 2000 hours or so.  Has this been improved at all?  Until they do, I can't see myself owning one of these. Too bad too, I'd love to go from my present 60" grand wega to a nice 10' screen!

--- End quote ---

Heh.  You do know that there's a bulb in your "Grand Wega" too, right?  Looks like lots of folks only saw 2 years of life from that model before a replacement was in order.

But of course, bigger pictures mean more light is required to "paint" the larger screen, and longer distances from the screen compound the issue.  The lamps need to work a lot harder in a projector, and the old adage of a candle burning twice as bright lasting half as long, applies here as well.  That being said, there have been some advancements here as well.  Some models boast as much as 5000 hr life in their "Eco" modes, which are usually sufficient in dark rooms.  The price isn't really as bad as it used to be either, and when you consider the quality of entertainment you are getting, it's even easier to swallow.  If you have a family of four, you can buy a Blu-Ray disc and watch it 40 times before you begin to approach the cost of watching it in the theater....and you keep the movie!

Keep your 60" for watching Oprah.  If you do that, then the bulb will probably last you until you buy the next projector.

RandyT



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Of course Randy, but the Grand Wega's bulb is set to last 8000 hours, while the projectors I saw lasted 2000 hours.  4x the lifetime was a sufficient difference for me, as it means at worse, I'll probably change the bulb once over the projected lifetime of the unit (10-12 years) which considering I paid less than 2K on the GW, I've factored that into the price and still come out on top quality wise.  It's a fine screen, no regrets but at some point, would be nice towards a projector.

Thanks for the info, 5000 is a step in the right direction, though I found projectors running in "econo" mode tend to miss that "pop" and downgrades the experience a bit.  IMHO anyways.

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