Toshiba Investigates DLP Lamp Problems

[Audioholics]

<A href="http://www.audioholics.com/news/uploads/Toshiba_logo1.jpg"></A><A href="http://www.audioholics.com/news/editorials/ToshibaDLPlampproblems.php"><IMG style="WIDTH: 125px; HEIGHT: 31px" alt=[Toshiba_logo2] hspace=10 src="http://www.audioholics.com/news/thumbs/Toshiba_logo2_th.jpg" align=left border=0></A>The company's new HD DVD Player may have taken Toshiba's share of press lately letting rumors of its DLP lamp problems slip under the radar. Recent customer complaints have prompted Toshiba to investigate premature lamp burn out and other issues in some models of its DLP HDTVs. Read on to find out more about this issue and the affected TVs.

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[avliner]

Hi Clint,

thanks again for keeping us up to date!
I have a question for you:

quite recently I've bought a LCD HDTV, model SONY KDF - E 4210 and I've been searching for how long would the lamp lasts, without success.

Based on your info, it's logical to assume that the maximum lifespan would be about 8,000 hours, and less than average, 3,000 hours, for any kind of lamps, or only for the TOSHIBA models?

Cheers / Avliner.

 

[Audioholics]

They are all pretty much in that same range for rear projection sets.

 

[gene]

I wonder if this partly explains my experience with Toshiba DLP displays:

http://forums.audioholics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22776

 

[dburchet]

I was beginning to worry when I saw the thread topic because I just bought a 62HM95. Now I am just hoping that this series doesn't end up on the defective list.

I would like to mention that I've been nothing but happy with all the Toshiba products I've owned, and when the products did have problems Toshiba was very responsive. But like anything else, experiences and opinions with companies are like butt holes, everyone has one.

 

[avliner]

Hi Clint,

I have another question for you:

are the lamps on LCD RPTV's the same ones used on DLP's??

Cheers / Avliner

 

[Zuke]

I was beginning to worry when I saw the thread topic because I just bought a 62HM95. Now I am just hoping that this series doesn't end up on the defective list.

I would be willing to bet that the HM95 series end up on the list. We have had nothing but issues with them at BB. Lots of bulbs blowing within the the first year.