upgrading from a Sony VPL-VW10HT

[mickl]

thinking of selling the Sony and upgrading to a newer pj.

anyone recommend something under the £2k mark? Needs to have short throw lens and a quiet fan.


cheers

 

[slingshot]

Why do you want to swap ?

I've seen a few PJ's recently and I wouldn't swap a 10HT for any of them (well OK maybe the Runco I saw at Bristol). I haven't as yet seen anything for under 2K that I would consider.

Probably about to be proved wrong, someone will no doubt find something that has the same detail and better blacks.

Slingshot

 

[mickl]

it's lamp life is running out and requires a service so I'm considering the options of having that done which isn't cheap or upgrading. Not too sure how the VW10HT compares to the newer generation of pj's

 

[slingshot]

uhm my lamp is getting quite close, I've been trying to find somewhere with fairly cheap replacements 300 quid from Sony seems a bit steep, wonder if anyone has tried a 100W house lamp conversion ?

 

[mickl]

£430 for a lamp on a VW10HT!! EEK!!

 

[slingshot]

Best I've seen so far is about 350 quid from dabs.com.

I suppose if you average it out over 3 years it's not too bad.

 

[LV426]

If you really must upgrade, go for a VW12. Easy to install (just swap it - same mount, same lens); better scaler-deinterlacer and better contrast. And can be bought for below GBP3000 if you look around.

But, I'm in a similar position and I'll probably buy a new lamp and wait for another 4 (or so) years and upgrade then - something even newer, smaller, brighter, cheaper, quieter.......(etc) is bound to materialise.

 

[mickl]

Originally posted by nigel
If you really must upgrade, go for a VW12. Easy to install (just swap it - same mount, same lens); better scaler-deinterlacer and better contrast. And can be bought for below GBP3000 if you look around.

But, I'm in a similar position and I'll probably buy a new lamp and wait for another 4 (or so) years and upgrade then - something even newer, smaller, brighter, cheaper, quieter.......(etc) is bound to materialise.

I know what you mean, been thinking about getting one of the Panasonic AE500's but not sure if this'll be more of a downgrade. The £2k budget is because that's what I paid for the VW10HT at the time, can't really justify spending more than that. Might consider the HS20 though.

 

[LV426]

AE500 is a good PJ for the money. It's about on a par with the VW10 - slightly lower resolution but overall PQ is very good. But, I believe it has a longer 'throw' than the Sony, so you'll probably need to mount it further from your screen.

 

[mickl]

I think I'll get a new bulb and get it serviced, as it's beginning to shut itself down after about an hours use.

I think I'm not really going to get anything comparable for the £5-600 that it'll cost me to bring it up to top condition

 

[slingshot]

If you find any cheap suppliers of bulbs let me know because mines only got a 100 or so hours left on it.

 

[mickl]

slingshot, is yours the same model? if it is, then the dabs price is the best one I've seen

 

[slingshot]

Yep it's a VW10. Looks like I'll need to give up the beer and fags for a few weeks then.

 

[mickl]

you got the link to the dabs price, I can't find the VW10 on the site. They aren't too far from me anyhow so can pick one up.

 

[slingshot]

Ah it doesn't seem to mention vw10, I searched for the lamp model number lmp-p200 (well according to my manual it's the correct one !).

Anyway here's the link :-

http://www.dabs.com/uk/search.htm?searchPhrase=lmp-p200

£351.32 incl VAT, delivery from dabs is normally about 4 quid.

 

[mickl]

cheers, off to order one....cheaper than spending £1300 I suppose

 

[slingshot]

You might want to order a new filter aswell if they have them. mine is definatley getting to the point where it's looking a bit dirty.

 

[mickl]

might be a good idea. as mine's shutting itself down is that a sympton of the lamp life or the filter being blocked and over heating?