On Tue, 11 May 2010 12:58:09 +0000, Bruce Esquibel wrote:

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:

Are their any other symptoms of an aging DLP lamp other than reduced
brightness and possibly colour temperature?

I've had a Mits 73" for four years now, the 1st bulb that went out
seemed to produce a "gassy" picture for about a day and half before
failing completely. The brightness was reduced (although not much) but
there was sort of a fog on bright colored objects.

The second bulb didn't do that but there was a hint something was going
wrong for a couple weeks, it tended to have a light strobe effect in the
background, very noticable when the set was first turned on.

The 3rd bulb didn't show any symptoms, just didn't work anymore.

If you have a Mits and are getting that halo effect (sort a ring around
bright colored object) it's probably the light engine. I've had that
replaced also.

Hasn't been the most reliable set by a long shot. Next failure besides
the lamp it's getting **** canned.


I don't blame you for ****-canning that money-pit.