It's coming to the point where i need to replace the lamp in my projector - Benq W1210ST, although I suspect the model isn't particularly relevant to the question.
There appear to be several different options, ranked in decreasing price order:
Replacement lamp and housing - OEM lamp inside OEM housing (£200+)
Replacement lamp and housing - OEM lamp inside 3rd party housing (£130-£150)
Replacement lamp and housing - 3rd party lamp inside 3rd party housing.
Replacement bulb - OEM (£80)
Replacement bulb - 3rd party.
I'm only interested in options using an OEM bulb and am minded to stay with OEM housing.
Given an OEM lamp and housing seems to be around £200+ with limited supplies and an OEM bulb around £80 I'm leaning towards just getting the replacement bulb and fitting it to the existing housing. Having seen a few general lamp replacement videos it doesn't look that hard, but is there anything I'm missing? I have a reasonable level of competence with tools/mechanical/electronic stuff.
Is it just a case of taking apart the existing housing, replace the lamp and re-assembly is the reverse of disassembly, or are there any other considerations when doing this (for example do other parts of the housing age, does the reflector in the housing degrade over time)?
The projector is 2 years old and the bulb has 4500 hours on it.
What do people on here do when their bulb needs replacing?
I'm very happy with the projector, and even my man maths cannot justify the other option of "get a new 4k laser projector"!
Any advice gratefully received.
There appear to be several different options, ranked in decreasing price order:
Replacement lamp and housing - OEM lamp inside OEM housing (£200+)
Replacement lamp and housing - OEM lamp inside 3rd party housing (£130-£150)
Replacement lamp and housing - 3rd party lamp inside 3rd party housing.
Replacement bulb - OEM (£80)
Replacement bulb - 3rd party.
I'm only interested in options using an OEM bulb and am minded to stay with OEM housing.
Given an OEM lamp and housing seems to be around £200+ with limited supplies and an OEM bulb around £80 I'm leaning towards just getting the replacement bulb and fitting it to the existing housing. Having seen a few general lamp replacement videos it doesn't look that hard, but is there anything I'm missing? I have a reasonable level of competence with tools/mechanical/electronic stuff.
Is it just a case of taking apart the existing housing, replace the lamp and re-assembly is the reverse of disassembly, or are there any other considerations when doing this (for example do other parts of the housing age, does the reflector in the housing degrade over time)?
The projector is 2 years old and the bulb has 4500 hours on it.
What do people on here do when their bulb needs replacing?
I'm very happy with the projector, and even my man maths cannot justify the other option of "get a new 4k laser projector"!
Any advice gratefully received.