Bulb on DLP...we need to replace them?

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: ifesfor

Originally posted by: kyparrish
your stupidity astounds me

Just a second.How the hell can u consider me stupid???

I just paid 2k on a television and every freaking year ( YES i am someone who watch, pardon me, who keep his television open 16 hours a day ) i have to pay 200-300 dollars to get the bulb replace???

I just hardly SAVED this 2k to buy one of these television and i dont have the budget to invest 300 more per year to get the stupid bulb replace.For god sake i am not making 50k a year but 14k a year....

Bulb DIE at around 5k hours( compagny claim 8k hours )Do the math 5k / 16 = 312 days

I knew by getting a discount from 3200 CAN to 1800, there was a catch.And it was that.

Tomorrow, the store is getting back the television.

Too bad, it was the nicest looking picture i ever saw...Log live my old CRT tube 36' trinitron
When u spend 2k on something.You expect that to give you 5y + of pleasure.Not 1....

You're the fool for wasting your money on things your income can't support. I too am poor. You don't save your pennies for a Ferrari and complain when the air filter is $100.

 

[Toasthead]

Originally posted by: Baked
/me wonders when Costco will sell DLP lamp in bulk packs.

that would be sweet!

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: Stefan
This is off topic, but it's my understanding that a person has 24 hours from the time of purchase to return an item, regardless of what the return policy says. (Something along the lines that the person has 24 hours to read the fine print)

(Here in Canada) a friend of mine was told this by a lawyer when he had a problem returning something. The employee promised him what he wanted would work and said he could return it if it didn't work. It didn't work and they wouldn't refund his money (I don't know the specifics of the story though).

In the United States, a contract is final unless it explicitly says it can be cancelled. The only exception to this is that a minor can disaffirm a contract. Most stores have policies on returns, but most major ticket items have either a restocking fee or can't be returned at all.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: ifesfor

Originally posted by: deathkoba
Light bulb only is $3 each. Replace by yourself. Is saves money.

....if it was that easy....

I wonder if there's some way to rig up one of those screens to use common bulbs that are availble at places like Wal-Mart. I'm being dead serious. Why should a bulb cost $300 anyway? It's just a simple source of light from a proprietary, money-seeking company. If it's spectral quality they're worried about, they could use common halogens (such as the GE Edison), and they'd only be, what, $4-8 each?

 

[kyparrish]

I forgot about this thread, thanks kevinthenerd :beer:

 

[MeanMeosh]

bahaha, this thread was hilarious. thanks for the laugh :beer:

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: kyparrish
I forgot about this thread, thanks kevinthenerd :beer:

Eh, what can I do? It looked good for posting. It's a serious bump, I guess, but oh well.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
I wonder if there's some way to rig up one of those screens to use common bulbs that are availble at places like Wal-Mart. I'm being dead serious. Why should a bulb cost $300 anyway? It's just a simple source of light from a proprietary, money-seeking company. If it's spectral quality they're worried about, they could use common halogens (such as the GE Edison), and they'd only be, what, $4-8 each?

If you managed to find a light source bright and small enough that it could fit within a projection television and its optical engine (lenses and light paths) and be cost effective, let me know and we'll go into business together.

 

[cerebusPu]

woah..blast from the past. what happened to the OP?