Like slowly raising the temperature on a frog in a pot of water, I didn't realize that the lamp on my Epson 6500UB was slowly growing dim. We were playing some Borderlands 2, and I switched from XY mode to Dynamic. Immediately, I saw just how dim the projected image had become.
Searching the Web, I found lamps for a low as $70, but with reviews that they were junky knock-offs that could explode or catch fire. Not wanting to risk that, I keep digging until I found a coupon for 20% off and free overnight shipping at the Epson store. Click...buy. Picked up a filter as well while I was at it.
The lamp should arrive today, and I will be very curious to find out how much brighter it is. I have had the same lamp since the fall of 2008, so I did get my 4 yrs of use out of it. I don't really know how many hours is on it since the lamp counter was reset each time I did a firmware update and I didn't write down the numbers beforehand. If I get another 4 years out of this projector and lamp I will consider myself lucky and be ready for whatever 'new' technology comes along. Hopefully it will be something a little more useful than 3-D.
