Epson "Blank" button

[majorloser]

I would say that excessive start-ups and shut-downs can wear out the bulb prematurely. You're like me, living in Florida. Sea level, lots of humidity and lots of heat. Just run your projector in "high altitude" mode to keep the fan running at high speed most of the time. It'll help keep it running cooler and maybe last longer. When you have people over to watch a movie or when you're showing off your system, then you can run it in regular mode to keep it quiet. Most people won't know the difference anyway. I watch all of my television programs and movies on my projector. It's used almost every day for at least a couple hours in the evening. My plasma in the bedroom gets only used for the morning news or when the wife can't stand what I'm watching.

But honestly, I just plan on changing the lamp every year. They're not that expensive and it's a good excuse to do a full calibration. I save the old one as a backup in case I have a "burnout" before the end of the year.

[MidnightSensi]

Originally Posted by majorloser

I would say that excessive start-ups and shut-downs can wear out the bulb prematurely. You're like me, living in Florida. Sea level, lots of humidity and lots of heat. Just run your projector in "high altitude" mode to keep the fan running at high speed most of the time. It'll help keep it running cooler and maybe last longer. When you have people over to watch a movie or when you're showing off your system, then you can run it in regular mode to keep it quiet. Most people won't know the difference anyway. I watch all of my television programs and movies on my projector. It's used almost every day for at least a couple hours in the evening. My plasma in the bedroom gets only used for the morning news or when the wife can't stand what I'm watching.

But honestly, I just plan on changing the lamp every year. They're not that expensive and it's a good excuse to do a full calibration. I save the old one as a backup in case I have a "burnout" before the end of the year.

My room is air conditioned, so the humidity and temperature is cool. It's always 70 in there.

Yea, the bulbs aren't too expensive anymore, which is nice. I also have an extra bulb I got as a rebate/bonus when I bought the projector, so I have a backup if one goes out or gets dull.

I'm going to just follow the 20 minute rule of thumb and see how long it lasts.

[majorloser]

But it's always a lot hotter on the ceiling. Even with extra vent in my theater it can get warm after a few hours.