Sharp XV-Z100 for £235 - is this a bargin?

[Not A Clue]

Hi guys, found the sharp XV-Z100 for £235 - is this a bargain?

Thinking of going for it today...

Cheers.

[cyberheater]

Originally Posted by Not A Clue

Hi guys, found the sharp XV-Z100 for £235 - is this a bargain?

Thinking of going for it today...

Cheers.

Put it another way. It's a lot cheaper then a replacement for the PJ.

Yes. A bargain. Now where did you see this

[jayd]

Does this use the same bulb as the XV-Z3000?

[Jonstone]

Originally Posted by jayd

Does this use the same bulb as the XV-Z3000?

A quick search reveals that yes it does use the same lamp!

[jayd]

Darn it I may just buy the projector at that price just for a spare lamp. How much can I flog it without a lamp for?

[jayd]

Well I just went ahead and ordered, just to remove the bulb. And flog the rest, the whole PJ with bulb is almost half the price of a replacement for my XV-Z3000. Hopefully the bulbs are the same as a google search suggested they both use the AN-100LP. Only thing that worries me is xv-z3000 is 1200 lumens while the xv-z100 is rated at 1000 lumens. Is this anything to worry about?

[starman0147]

Originally Posted by Not A Clue

Hi guys, found the sharp XV-Z100 for £235 - is this a bargain?

Thinking of going for it today...

Cheers.

Could you please tell us where it is at this price?

[Jonstone]

http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/...&sourceid=2004

Tempted myself but with the amount I use the pj if it gets anywhere near its quoted 3000 hour mark in eco mode I will probably never need a replacement bulb

[jayd]

Thing is I'm sure this price will only last a few days and on ebay I reckon you can get at least £150 brand new without a bulb from someone. So in essence you are spending less than £100 for a new bulb.

[just wondering]

wow there such a bargin i ordered two

[jayd]

Well as the saying ' If it's too good to be true, then it probably is' goes, well it applies again. Seems to be a misprice lads, just spoke to customer services and the orders aren't being processed and we will receive phone calls on Monday.

[Jonstone]

Originally Posted by jayd

Thing is I'm sure this price will only last a few days and on ebay I reckon you can get at least £150 brand new without a bulb from someone. So in essence you are spending less than £100 for a new bulb.

The only problem with selling this on ebay is you are only going to get two kind of buyers.

1) Someone with a spare bulb and no pj to go with it, which is unlikely

or

2) Someone who thinks it is a good price for a decent pj only to find out after buying it that the bulbs cost 3 times as much as the pj they just bought for a 'bargain'

I personally couldn't sell someone a pj without revealing the true cost of the replacement bulb at which point they probably wouldn't want it.

[Jonstone]

Originally Posted by jayd

Well as the saying ' If it's too good to be true, then it probably is' goes, well it applies again. Seems to be a misprice lads, just spoke to customer services and the orders aren't being processed and we will receive phone calls on Monday.

Tbh I am almost glad about that, because I was going nuts trying to decide whether to buy one or not

[just wondering]

Originally Posted by jayd

Well as the saying ' If it's too good to be true, then it probably is' goes, well it applies again. Seems to be a misprice lads, just spoke to customer services and the orders aren't being processed and we will receive phone calls on Monday.

Dammmmmmmmmmm , serious i ordered two.

[nero0410]

Well it's still up for the same price.

TBH though, I don't really think it would be worth that much more as it's resolution only 854x480, and you can get a full HD model for just a few hundred more.

EDIT: surely they should have to honour the price by law, as thats the price it states. Office of fair trade and a link to the page for them anyone.

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