pt ae500 flickering and noise, bulb going?

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Hi All,
I'm quite new to projectors and bought an ae500 last year. It now has 470 hours on the bulb and when I turned it on this evening it was flickering and making a noise At 470 hours I guess the bulb could well be on the way out! Is this a sign that it is, or a sign of other problems?

I see a replacement bulb is £160 (Panasonic ET-LAE500 Replacement Projector Lamp PT-AE500U PT-AE500 ), which isn't too bad to be honest as I do like the projector a lot! Its either buy a new bulb or sell the projector on fleabay

What would you guys advise?

Many thanks in advance!
 
anyone? please?
 
It might just be a noisy fan and the flickering might just be the electric depending on the weather were u are £160 its not to bad a price for bulb if i was u i would take the bulb out and see if the projector is full of dust inside maybey needs cleaning and a hoover to suck the dust out.
The only time i will by a bulb is when it blows
Its pointless buying another bulb until you sort the noise out might need a new fan or cleaning?
 
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Thank you!
The fan has been noisy before but this does sound a little more 'electricy'!
I'll take it apart and clean it all out though and see if that helps!
 

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