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10-01-2005, 11:16 AM
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Thanks: Gave 189, Got 178 | Longest lamp life? Mine now past the 4000 hours mark
And still going strong...
I know weve had a thread on lamp life before. But now that some people have been using PJs for a while.
Anybody better that? (it's a Panny AE100 with the original bulb in place)
Chris
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10-01-2005, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris Lamle And still going strong...
I know weve had a thread on lamp life before. But now that some people have been using PJs for a while.
Anybody better that? (it's a Panny AE100 with the original bulb in place)
Chris | Well done!
I'm sure there's lots of people in the "real" world who fearlessly thrash their bulb life for all it's worth.
Unfortunately us forum dwellers seem to be plagued by short life bulbs, flickering bulbs, dust, VB, screen door, rainbows and raging fan noise.
Makes you wonder why we bother really!
...PJ 
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10-01-2005, 11:59 AM
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Chris,
That's good stuff with your AE100 - I'm on about 1700 hrs (I think.. haven't checked recently) but everything is behaving as it should.
You might have seen Calibos' thread about 5000 hrs on his AE300, I think he's a good way through the second lamp now...... heroic stuff ! 
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Unfortunately us forum dwellers seem to be plagued by short life bulbs, flickering bulbs, dust, VB, screen door, rainbows and raging fan noise.
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Regards,
Sean.
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10-01-2005, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by theritz PJTX100,
Speak for yourself.......
Regards,
Sean. | A machine with *all* these foibles would be a sight to behold, if technically impossible!... 
...PJ
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10-01-2005, 3:02 PM
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after 2.5 years I'm on about 1800 hours on my AE100 - one thing tho, I'm getting less and less tollerant of the greys and murkey shadow detail of this projector particularly on dark films (lord of the rings and collateral take a bow)
Maybe i'm just not as wowed as I once was...
Maybe I 'need' an AE700
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10-01-2005, 3:08 PM
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Originally Posted by johnny after 2.5 years I'm on about 1800 hours on my AE100 - one thing tho, I'm getting less and less tollerant of the greys and murkey shadow detail of this projector particularly on dark films (lord of the rings and collateral take a bow)
Maybe i'm just not as wowed as I once was...
Maybe I 'need' an AE700 | Been thinking the same thing myself. Luckily I work down the road from Ben at Discount Electrical. Will have to find time to audition the Panny 700, Themscene H57 and the Sony HS50.
Still... it's better than no projector, or watching stuff on a 32" widescreen TV 
chris
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10-01-2005, 3:18 PM
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10-01-2005, 6:08 PM
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9700 hrs on a Sim2 HT 200
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10-01-2005, 7:22 PM
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Jeff,
Given the premium pricing of the SIM HT range, you wouldn't be too surprised......
Sean.
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10-01-2005, 7:32 PM
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guys just curious. With that amount of hours have you noticed any degredation. Must admit it may be hard to spot specially as it probably comes in gradually over time, if any.
Just curious.
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10-01-2005, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by johnny after 2.5 years I'm on about 1800 hours on my AE100 - one thing tho, I'm getting less and less tollerant of the greys and murkey shadow detail of this projector particularly on dark films (lord of the rings and collateral take a bow)
Maybe i'm just not as wowed as I once was...
Maybe I 'need' an AE700 | I have just stepped up from the AE100 to the Sony HS50. A very satisfying step it was too 
I was tiring of the grey murk on dark films, the biggest factor in my upgrade.
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11-01-2005, 3:25 AM
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Got my Ae100 in March/April 2002 and had put 3500 hours on it in 11 months until I returned it due to heat damage to the optics. Got an AE300 in late May 2003 and got the full 5000 hours out of the bulb. New bulb went in in late June 2004 and I have about 1700 hours on this second bulb since then. No heat damage to my optics this time as I run permanently in Low Lamp/ High Fan mode. I'm in no hurry to change PJ's and am prepared to wait for the 3 chip DLP's to arrive in the budget sector of the market. If that means waiting another 3 or 4 years then no problem. the only reason I'll get a new projector before then is if my Ae300 blows up!!
Sean, we got our AE100's around the same time! You've done 1700 hours for my 10200!!
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11-01-2005, 9:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Zig I have just stepped up from the AE100 to the Sony HS50. A very satisfying step it was too
I was tiring of the grey murk on dark films, the biggest factor in my upgrade. | Zig
Did you audition any others before you made this move? The HS50 does look a mighty satisfying upgrade from my, now, humble AE100. I'd rather upgrade this over any other component in my system (apart from new DVD player I guess), even though the other components are not the greatest.
The image quality is slowly starting to grate on me now.
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Originally Posted by Calibos Sean, we got our AE100's around the same time! You've done 1700 hours for my 10200!! |  How long is this over?? Considering that sleeping and eating genrally take up at least 8 hours a day that's 16 hours (minimum i'd say) a day when it would be feasible to be watching a PJ. So that's a total of around 638 days - not far off two entire years spent watching a PJ.
I take it that you must run/use the PJ as part of your job or something as that is a crazy amount of PJ viewing!
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11-01-2005, 4:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris Lamle Zig
Did you audition any others before you made this move? The HS50 does look a mighty satisfying upgrade from my, now, humble AE100. I'd rather upgrade this over any other component in my system (apart from new DVD player I guess), even though the other components are not the greatest.
The image quality is slowly starting to grate on me now.
Chris | I never Chris, I was looking to upgrade to the AE700 at Christmas but decided after doing my homework that the HS50 was the one for me. I could of taken a look at the 700 when I had my demo of the Sony but never really felt the need as I was already 99% set on the HS50.
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