Lamp Failures and Repairs

[HiDeffjeff]

Richard, I did feel a little bad about that...But I made a killing on it profit wise and if I sold it to you I would have wanted to make little to nothing...So, I did what any red blooded American would do!...Sold it to a stranger for big $$$$. (Forgive me)...I am not rich, just crazy about A/V. I will use the money towards that new Panny 1080P...

I'm thinking I did you a favor in the long run...(You may be able to go 1080P for the same price... )

[Dave3putt]

My Samsung HLP model DLP has about 5000 hrs. on it I'm guessing, so I was a little disappointed that the lamp apparently failed last week. Got what the owners manual said was a lamp failure indication, three flashing lights around the power button.
So before I called the TV repair shop down the road, who has replacement lamps, I wanted to get the old one out and identify it so I could get the correct replacement. Got it out with no problem, called the repair shop- closed on Saturdays.

When I looked at the lamp, nothing appeared to be wrong with it. The filament was not burned out or broken. I didn't want to leave an open hole in the back of the TV for dust to get into, so I put the lamp back in, and thought to try it one more time. And it worked and has been now for about 10 days.!

So maybe it will go out tomorrow, who knows. Come to find out that the lamp installed in my set has been discontinued. The replacement for it only costs $190, so that is good news. I just hope the quality of the new lamps didn't go down as much as the price.

[Richard]

Good call on shoving it back in!

It does not have to be broken to not work. Either way, good idea to have one now, ready to go, rather than none when it gives up for good.

My HLP lamp seems to be lasting f o r e v e r

Bought a replacement over a year ago...