InFocus Replacement Lamp

Great Picture, Short Bulb Life

Strengths: Great Picture

Weakness: Short Bulb Life

Ran flawlessly for two years, very nice picture, minimal 'rainbow effect'. Bulb died at around 500 hours (only used it for a movie or two each weekend). This is not even close to the supposed average bulb life. (sigh) At $350 for a new bulb, I'll live without one for a while

Replacement lamp for Infocus Screenplay 4805

Strengths: brightness, contrast ratio, overall cost

Weakness: noise, dust buildup, bulb cost

Overall a wonderful projector for the money. Inputs for DVD, Computer, gamebox, VCR, all at once for no hassle input changes. The picture fills the entire wall of our living room, needed a 10 FOOT wide screen to display the picture. Need to dim lights or use in the dark as the lumens can't compete with full lighting. Cooling fan always runs, even in 'stby' mode, so need to turn the unit switch...

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Don\\\'t believe lamp hour life statments from...

Strengths: Great picture while it lasted

Weakness: less than 270 hour life, ceiling mounted as directed by manufacturer. Not .09 cents per hour cost. more like $1.10 per hour. Or $600.00 per year for bulbs.

I finally got an honest answer about lamp life from a major factory service tech. "The hours stated for bulb life by the manufacurer (ANY Manufacturer) is from what the manufactuer calls the 50 / 50 test. So if the manufacturer states that the bulb has a 3000 hour life, this means that of the bulbs tested under IDEAL conditions, 50% lasted to 3000 hours with at least 50% of the stated brightness...

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Get the warranty..

Strengths: Good Picture, Low Coast

Weakness: Fails Alot, Gets Very Hot, Loud Fans, Major Dust Build Ups

I've had this unit for two years now. I love the unit! It has a great picture, handles computer, 360, and dvds without a problem and with great results. However, the units color wheel exploded about 1 year in. Manufacturer took 3 weeks to tell me they didnt have the parts and sent a refurb. Another year later, the unit goes out again. This time assuming its the lamp. Final verdict: Get the...

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Great Projector, Terrible Bulb Life and Value

Strengths: excellent low-end projector, lamp assembly on the low-to-mid price range, good support from in-focus

Weakness: lamp assembly lasted 115 hours over just 95 days before partially rupturing (leaving fixed distortion on screen)

I have had this projector for almost 2 years and my first lamp assembly lasted me for 20 months with average use (less than 1000 hours on first lamp assembly). Provantage has the BEST price on this lamp assembly, but the one I just bought only lasted 115 hours. Instead of buying another lamp assembly for my InFocus 4805, I bought the InFocus IN72 for not much more and it is beautiful. Now I got...

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Dead after 9 months

Strengths: Great while it lasted

Weakness: Early failure

When we got the projector, it worked great. We used it occasionally for 9 months, then it failed. The replacement bulb is almost as expensive as a new projector.