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Optoma DLP (an old one!) - Some advice please

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Old 24-08-2004, 6:54 AM   #1
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Optoma DLP (an old one!) - Some advice please

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Would be very grateful for some advice!

I have an Optoma H50 projector. It appears to have a "dead pixel" - is this possible with a DLP projector? I thought that this sort of problem stayed in the realms of LCD projectors. Could it be related to needing a new bulb? The picture is excellent and has not dimmed at all, so I presume that the latter is incorrect.

Any advice very gratefully accepted - sorry if this appears to be a totally stupid question! Still learning!

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Old 24-08-2004, 9:07 AM   #2
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Nothing stupid about the question.............DLP projectors can get "dead pixels" - it's actually one of the mirrors on the DMD that's failed, and that's what it sounds like. Optoma have a pretty robust guarantee according to recent posts on the forum - you could get in touch with them and see, but I guess it depends on how old it is.

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Old 24-08-2004, 1:07 PM   #3
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14 months old (or thereabouts) - just wanted to make sure that it wasn't something silly.

Many thanks Sean
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Old 24-08-2004, 4:30 PM   #4
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Optoma gives you a three year warranty so give them a call always worth a try:

01923 691 800
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