re: spare bulbs... I picked off a nice BenQ XGA unit a few years back, which has a manufacture 3 year warranty, and included a Spare Bulb Rebate. The unit was about $1,300 at the time, and replacement bulbs are $450 retail each (it took 6 months for the rebate bulb to arrive). I found the bulb for my unit can last up to 2,000 - 2,500 hours, so it will be a while before I break out the replacement unit (likely lose it by then <g>). But, by RTFM I found the bulbs do not burn out like projectors using film media in the old days. They get dimmer, so I am supposed to use the on-board firmware to report how many hours of use I have on the bulb, thereby helping me determine when to replace it.
As an aside, the BenQ unit I picked up has HDTV (works great), and interpolates UXGA (1280 x 1024) perfectly. I love traveling with it, and when I am staying in a hotel I have the largest "monitor" I could possibly need/want. Very nice tool. It runs a bit warm compared to a regular monitor, but it sure does kick tail! Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jean Laeremans > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 11:31 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [NF] LCD projectors > > > On 10/3/06, Stephen the Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Sorry but that is hogwash. > > > > Gil was confusing light in photography and pigment in paint. > They are very > > different. Just take the primary colors. They are different between > > pigment and light. Black is a color, just as white is a color in paint, > > where it's the absence of light or it's excess in photography. > > > Stephen, > > I have a sneaking suspicion we all knew about that but this is banter > not a serious discussion..<s> > > On a more serious note: > > 1. buy the best one you can afford > 2. make sure it makes the least noise possible..as the can be > quite irritating > 3. always pack some spare bulbs > 4. for once RTFM as this can save you from loads of embarrassment > > as the say "saw the film, read the book, got the T-shirt" > > A+ > jml > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
