DLP blub life

[SLU MD]

looking to buy a DLP tv and wondering about blub life with average use. The guy at best buy said 2-4 years, which seemed like a load of crap to me. anyone

SLU MD

 

[Black88GTA]

I dno't knwo...but I hera blubs cna get pretyt expensiev!! 🙂

 

[UNCjigga]

my blubber's had a life of 25 years--26 years this Sunday.

seriously though, i think they would last 4-6 years with average use. Remember not to shut the tv off for at least 20 minutes when cold-starting it.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Jigga
my blubber's had a life of 25 years--26 years this Sunday.

seriously though, i think they would last 4-6 years with average use. Remember not to shut the tv off for at least 20 minutes when cold-starting it.

Can you translate the bold text to english?
😕

 

[Kaido]

I have a regular DLP projector and it has a bulb life of 5,000 hours in ECO mode. Let's say 3,000 hours conservatively. One bulb for my projector comes up to about $300 shipped. So, $300 divided by 3,000 equals about ten cents an hour. If you put a quarter in a jar every time you watch a movie, by the time the bulb burns out, you'll have the cash to buy a new bulb 🙂

Edit: I know it doesn't help with your problem, but it makes me feel better about watching movies on an expensive business projector 😉

 

[KingNothing]

blub blub blub

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: Jigga
my blubber's had a life of 25 years--26 years this Sunday.

seriously though, i think they would last 4-6 years with average use. Remember not to shut the tv off for at least 20 minutes when cold-starting it.

Can you translate the bold text to english?
😕

I'm as engrish-aware as the next guy, but that's above average English. Not exactly perfect, but completely understandable. 😕x2

 

[Dulanic]

Originally posted by: SLU MD
looking to buy a DLP tv and wondering about blub life with average use. The guy at best buy said 2-4 years, which seemed like a load of crap to me. anyone

SLU MD

Hes right depending on usage, DLP lamps usually last 4-6k hours. At 4 hours a day thats 1400 or so hours a year. Depending on the TV 200-300. Samsung + Panasonic are around $300, Sony is around $200.

 

[Anonemous]

2-4 years sounds right, just get the warranty plan that covers them.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Dulanic

Originally posted by: SLU MD
looking to buy a DLP tv and wondering about blub life with average use. The guy at best buy said 2-4 years, which seemed like a load of crap to me. anyone

SLU MD

Hes right depending on usage, DLP lamps usually last 4-6k hours. At 4 hours a day thats 1400 or so hours a year. Depending on the TV 200-300. Samsung + Panasonic are around $300, Sony is around $200.

What that fails to take into consideration is that when your bulb finally goes bad in 2-4 years, it will be much cheaper than it is now.

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: Dulanic

Originally posted by: SLU MD
looking to buy a DLP tv and wondering about blub life with average use. The guy at best buy said 2-4 years, which seemed like a load of crap to me. anyone

SLU MD

Hes right depending on usage, DLP lamps usually last 4-6k hours. At 4 hours a day thats 1400 or so hours a year. Depending on the TV 200-300. Samsung + Panasonic are around $300, Sony is around $200.

What that fails to take into consideration is that when your bulb finally goes bad in 2-4 years, it will be much cheaper than it is now.

don't think bulbs will be cheaper unless there are 3rd party companies making them.

 

[kyparrish]

ask this guy.....oh wait, don't

 

[Dulanic]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: Dulanic

Originally posted by: SLU MD
looking to buy a DLP tv and wondering about blub life with average use. The guy at best buy said 2-4 years, which seemed like a load of crap to me. anyone

SLU MD

Hes right depending on usage, DLP lamps usually last 4-6k hours. At 4 hours a day thats 1400 or so hours a year. Depending on the TV 200-300. Samsung + Panasonic are around $300, Sony is around $200.

What that fails to take into consideration is that when your bulb finally goes bad in 2-4 years, it will be much cheaper than it is now.

Doubt it, you don't think it costs NEAR that to make them do you? Its tons of profit for the manufacturers, they charge that much because they can and you NEED the item.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Anonemous
don't think bulbs will be cheaper unless there are 3rd party companies making them.

Ridiculous. You don't think that in 3 years, when craploads more people have DLP's, the parts won't be cheaper?
Parts ALWAYS get less expensive for electronics. Just like the price of the TV itself. A Samsung DLP is over 1000 dollars cheaper right now than it was a year ago.

The parts absolutely will go down. No different than computer parts now.

 

[Dulanic]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: Anonemous
don't think bulbs will be cheaper unless there are 3rd party companies making them.

Ridiculous. You don't think that in 3 years, when craploads more people have DLP's, the parts won't be cheaper?
Parts ALWAYS get less expensive for electronics. Just like the price of the TV itself. A Samsung DLP is over 1000 dollars cheaper right now than it was a year ago.

The parts absolutely will go down. No different than computer parts now.

The bulbs are already cheap to make. There is a huge difference here, there is competition out there for most electronics. Bulbs you currently have one choice, the one from the manufacturer. A DLP TV set drops in price because of competition, they need to be competitive with the rest of the sets, when everyone charges $300 for a bulb, there is no reason for them to lower the price, you NEED the bulb, and their the only ones who make them.

Competition, supply, and cost of manufacturing drive prices down, not time. The cost of them to make those bulbs is not very high now, they have no reason to lower cost. Sure future sets may have lower cost bulbs, because that creates a reason to buy their set. But for older sets that is not the case, you already have the set, what reason do they have to lower the cost? None. It's simple economics . Companies are out to make money, they don't lower prices out of the goodness of their hearts. They lower prices because there are compelling reasons to do so, name one reason they have to lower the cost of the bulbs.

Future sets may have lower bulb costs, but I doubt we will see any major price drop in bulbs for current sets, why lower the cost of a bulb for a set that is not made anymore? It won't make them sell more TV's. However lower bulb costs on CURRENT sets may create more sales, which is why future sets may have lower bulb costs.

You point out that electronics get cheaper as time goes by. But you applying that to current electronics, let's look at it from a point that applies more to this situation. Parts for a TV, try to find a certain part to fix a TV that is made today, then compare the price for the part for a older TV. The part for the older TV will be more expensive, not cheaper. There is less demand for a part after 5 years, there is also less supply of said part. As TVs become older, their parts become more expensive, not less expensive. And do you think they will use the same lamp in their TVs 3 years from now? Nope, they will use a different bulb. So demand and supply both drop as time goes on, there are less of a certain set as time goes on, creating less demand, creating lower supply, hence raising prices as the manufacturing cost goes up since their not making as many.

 

[Pepsi90919]

blub?