Rear/Front Projection tv/projectors

[stevew]

I lean towards wanting one of these, but it seems as if the bulb life is an issue. As replacing them will run around 300 bucks and need to be done roughly every 2-3 years. In the near future does it appear as if any sort of "economies of scale" will come into play and possibly reduce these costs at all? I also was reading up about some new LED bulbs that were supposed to be put into place soon. Which shouldn't need replaced as often I believe.

I also sell TV's and bulb life is often a question of potential buyers. For now anyways, we're selling a pretty solid sony 42' projection model for 1299, but the cost of the bulb replacement often turns people towards inferior tvs(such as a few of the ed plasmas we sell).

Just as a general question has anyone had one of these tv's for long enough to run through a full bulb life?

[Eaglesfan27]

I haven't run through one yet. But I figure if I'm spending over 3,000 for a TV, a few hundred for a bulb every 2-3 years isn't that much money. Of course, this is only true as long as the set is a quality TV.

[John Galt]

I'm over 2,000 hours on my first bulb with panasonic front projector. That is over 2+ years. Given that you can now get wonderful 720P DLP front projector's for just under $1,000 (LCD's are around $1,200, I think), spending $200 or even $300 for a bulb doesn't seem like too much to me. I wouldn't expect the price of bulbs to drop as they have been in that range for a while now even as the cost of front projectors has dropped.

[jbmagic]

Originally Posted by John Galt

I'm over 2,000 hours on my first bulb with panasonic front projector. That is over 2+ years. Given that you can now get wonderful 720P DLP front projector's for just under $1,000 (LCD's are around $1,200, I think), spending $200 or even $300 for a bulb doesn't seem like too much to me. I wouldn't expect the price of bulbs to drop as they have been in that range for a while now even as the cost of front projectors has dropped.

Why you want a 720P when 1080P is much better?

Is SXRD way better than DLP?

[rkmsuf]

what better from the front or rear?

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

what better from the front or rear?

[rkmsuf]

LOL

I just noticed jb's custom title.

[John Galt]

Originally Posted by jbmagic

Why you want a 720P when 1080P is much better?

Is SXRD way better than DLP?

Why you sleep on side when sleep on back is good for spine?

Why buy Weber Grill when Foreman so much cheaper?

Why you do it in the crotch when up-the-butt feels better?

Why eat carrots when beets taste sweeter?

Why speak in questions when sentences are so much better?

To think I actually told people to lay off of you. Seriously, after years of pretending, why don't you just tell us who you really are?

[hukarez]

Originally Posted by stevew

Just as a general question has anyone had one of these tv's for long enough to run through a full bulb life?

My pop's 50" KDS-R50XBR1 is relatively a year and some months old, and it hasn't had it's lamp indicator show up at all. We never got it professionally calibrated, and I understood that some other folks with my pop's model had about a year life on the bulb replacement, so I consider us to be relatively lucky. I suppose YMMV when it comes to these things, also pending on your settings. Lots of good info at the avsforums, however!

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

what better from the front or rear?

ROFL.

[cartman]

I've had my Sony rear projection LCD since the summer of 2004 and am still on the same bulb. Probably close to 2000 hours of use would be my guess.

[QuikSand]

Originally Posted by John Galt

To think I actually told people to lay off of you. Seriously, after years of pretending, why don't you just tell us who you really are?

Funny, it seems like we each have our own break point on this little in-house matter. Mine wasn't as amusing as yours, though...

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/...6&postcount=45

*shurg*

[General Mike]

Which type of Hi Def TV is best for playing video games on?

I know back in the late 80s/early 90s, you weren't supposed to play video games on a rear projection set. Is this still the case?

[cartman]

Originally Posted by General Mike

What Hi Def TV is best for playing video games on?

I know back in the late 80s/early 90s, you weren't supposed to play video games on a rear projection set. Is this still the case?

It seems that it is the plasmas these days that have problems with burn-in. The issue seems to be solved with LCD, both projection and direct view.

[stevew]

Originally Posted by General Mike

Which type of Hi Def TV is best for playing video games on?

I know back in the late 80s/early 90s, you weren't supposed to play video games on a rear projection set. Is this still the case?

DLP or LCD Rear projection are supposedly fine now, as are LCD. Plasma 5th generation models are supposedly fixing the burn in issues as well.

[stevew]

dola,

There is a hack for vbulletin where you can exclude certain users from posting in a topic. It would be nice if we could install this hack, at least if you ever want to have any type of electronics topic without the villiage idiot showing up.

He's definitely the byproduct of 2 retard monkey fish's having buttsex with a squirrel.

[rkmsuf]

Originally Posted by stevew

dola,



He's definitely the byproduct of 2 retard monkey fish's having buttsex with a squirrel.

Is that even legal? If so that's an excellent idea as a feature during HA's fantasy football draft next year.

[Bee]

Originally Posted by General Mike

Which type of Hi Def TV is best for playing video games on?

I know back in the late 80s/early 90s, you weren't supposed to play video games on a rear projection set. Is this still the case?

I like my front projector a lot for multiplayer games. When you split the screen 4 ways, it's the equivalent of each person having a 60" screen.