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betterdan
06-29-09, 05:33 PM
How much was your bulb and where did you get it? I love DLP LampXpress. My bulb there is now $125 with free 2 day shipping and a 1 year warranty. I am glad I had a warranty on that last bulb as it burned out right at a year so they replaced it for free saving me some money.
Lyme
06-29-09, 07:21 PM
I bought mine off a store on ebay last time. DLP lamp express has a nice price, doesn't come with a housing but I have a spare now. http://www.dlplampxpress.com/Toshiba_TBL4_LMP_Lamp_p/tbl4-lmp.htm
Ghosthunter
06-29-09, 09:13 PM
You know i hear all these warnings about burn-in with plasma, i have had my samsung 50 inch plasma since last black friday and sometimes my daughter plays the wii for hours straight and sometimes i come home and find out she leaves it on that menu for a long time but so far no burn in of anything either i have been really lucky...or it does not happen that much
Greg
07-02-09, 07:27 AM
TomsHardware had some interesting info on plasma burn as part of this interview...
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HDTV-calibration-questions,review-1339-11.html
betterdan
03-12-10, 12:08 PM
Well the 3rd bulb has blown out on the DLP set with 4471 hours on it. I replaced it last April on the 9th so that equals out to the tv being on 13.3 hours a day. Luckily I have a spare I used to replace it with last night but I gotta buy another one from DLP Lamp Xpress. They now cost $115.
I was just saying the other night the tv was starting to look pretty dim so I had a feeling it was getting ready to go out.
Lyme
03-12-10, 01:24 PM
You know i hear all these warnings about burn-in with plasma, i have had my samsung 50 inch plasma since last black friday and sometimes my daughter plays the wii for hours straight and sometimes i come home and find out she leaves it on that menu for a long time but so far no burn in of anything either i have been really lucky...or it does not happen that much

Most of the newer sets ( ~<2 years old) have anti burn in logic, moving the menu around slightly so reduce the chances.
Lyme
03-12-10, 01:25 PM
TomsHardware had some interesting info on plasma burn as part of this interview...
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/HDTV-calibration-questions,review-1339-11.html

odd that the manufacturers resisted testing at 90+ hours.