Well…thankfully, we’ve got the answer

You can buy the E23 5Kv lamp here

Just a brief refresher for some who might not know why finding this lamp is such a big deal.

Typical Rear Projection TVs, often referred to by their particular technology name such as DLP, LCOS, Projection LCD, D-ILA, etc., etc. are almost always using a set voltage standard for lamp ignition (also known as striking).

This standard has always been 15,000 Volts, hence 15Kv. At the onset of UHP and RPTV technology sometime in the late 1990s and early 2000s, a few TV manufacturer’s decided to take a different direction to the norm…or at least the norm we’re accustomed to today. Manufacturer’s like Samsung, Hitachi, JVC, RCA, Sony, Panasonic, Philips, Mitsubishi, Sharp, etc., etc., all decided to go with the industry standard of 15Kv ingition lamps. A few other manufacturer’s like Sagem Axium, Optoma, LG, and Zenith originally went with the 5Kv setup. Back in the day, before the advent of big screen LCDs and Plasma technology, it wasn’t unreasonable to spend $400-$500 when came time to replace your TV lamp. It was understood…for having the big screen experience of the theater in your home, it was going to cost you!

Well, that’s all fine and dandy…but then something else happened. The original manufacturer’s underestimated the market demand for UHP replacement lamps. There were only two factories in the world with the technology to produce these lamps. These factories were 6 months behind market demand!

Ok…six months and things get better right? Not really…the economics of these replacement lamps (the 5Kv that you can hardly find) didn’t make sense for the lamp manufacture (Philips) at a time when big retailers were putting orders of more than 500,000 pieces each! Naturally, if a manufacturer is sourcing a few thousand lamps for their aftermarket support versus another factory whose requesting a few million lamps for their new production models…guess who’s going to get preference there?!?

Looking back at the 5Kv versus 15Kv standard, those lesser known brands may have actually been visionaries all along. Today, the natural progression of UHP lamps is in front projectors…in schools and hospitals, in government buildings and corporations…there is a lot of demand! For most front projection applications today, original lamps run on the 5Kv ignition standard.

The Olevia LCT50HV TV was produced by parent company Syntax Brillian (trading under BRLC). The company went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year after defaulting on numerous loans. Per SEC filings in February of 2008, Syntax owed creditors more than $130 million! Today, Syntax-Brillian’s brands: Olevia & Vivitar are owned by a new corporation Olevia International Group, LLC, which falls under the umbrella of TCV Group. In short, it’s all a big mess, and that’s why there are no replacement parts available for these TVs!

Our sponsor, Discount-Merchant.com has secured a significant amount of replacement parts for these Syntax Olevia LCOS Televisions, including replacement lamps (the consumable bulbs), light engines, DMD and printed circuit boards, power supplies, remotes, manuals, front screens…you name it.

We’ve had numerous people ask us: “Where can I get a replacement lamp from my Olevia TV?” Or, something like, “I’ve searched everywhere and I can’t find the lamp for my TV!”

Why is it so difficult to find the replacement lamp for these Syntax Olevia TVs?
For one, these use a special type of lamp not common among LCOS, DLP, or D-ILA TVs. The typical lamp TV lamp has an ignition voltage of 15,000-20,000 volts. The Olevia’s prefer a lamp that ignites at 5,000 volts, hence, the lamps are not compatible. Today, it is extremely difficult finding these replacement lamps or any other spare parts for that matter. Let us know which parts you’re looking for and we’ll get them to you!

Here is a direct link to the lamp

Hi everyone,

Here is a link to the video showing the intermittent noise problem I am experiencing with my Samsung HLS-7178 DLP.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1420583595645736954&hl=en

Descrition of problem:
The noise from the video is consistent (in duration and sound), and it happens every 6 or 7 times the set is powered up.  If it is one of those times it makes the noise at start-up, it also makes a quick “cough” at shut-down (one quick burst of the noise in the video). 

Aside from this noise, the set works/functions perfectly as far as I can tell (even during the times it makes the noise on startup, everything seems fine once the noise stops).  It appears to me that the brightness level/output may be lower when the noise happens, but I cannot be 100% sure of that.  Best Buy had sent out a very poorly trained technician at one point who thought the noise may have been the color wheel, but he disconnected the color wheel and was still able to recreate the sound.  The only way to reliably recreate the sound is to go into the Service Menu and adjust the DB Gain setting - if I do that and jog the value up/down, eventually I hear this same noise.

I think an important thing to note is that there’s no middle-ground on this noise; it either completely makes the exact same noise on start-up, or it starts up/shuts down whisper-quiet.  There’s never just “a little bit” of the noise.

This behavior started after a tech had come to fix an “image flickering” issue in November 2007; at that time, she replaced the ballast and the Dynamic Black Assembly.  The flickering went away, but this intermittent noise began. I contacted Best Buy and got a replacement lamp sent out to me to see if that was the issue, but the noise still happens with the new lamp.

My gut says this is an issue with the Dynamic Black assembly, but I want to be sure it’s that if I get someone to come out and replace it again (I really want to avoid a whole LE replacement, as the set is calibrated).

Any thoughts?

I’ve got a Samsung HLP5063W in service since January 2005 with 10,600 hours on the original lamp (smaller square lamp). About a month ago it started shutting down about 1-2 times a week. It came right back up when turned back on. This week, it’s shutting off every 20-40 minutes. It comes back up instantly when re-powered. All through-out this, the picture has been crystal clear, so I wonder if it is really the lamp that needs to be replaced.

Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks, Bill.

Lampara para proyector Hitachi DT00841

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Lampara UHB NSH220H1 2 220 Watt 70 Volt 2000 Hs

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2.- Cubierta Porta Conector : NJ2421

3.- Clip de Acero Fija-Lampara : N/A

4.- Base Portalampara : NJ2420

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CP-X200

CP-X205

CP-X300

CP-X305

CP-X400

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Lampara para proyector Hitachi DT00771

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Lampara UHB NSH285H1 285 Watt 70 Volt 2000 Hs

1.- Base del Portalamparas : NJ2316

2.- Cubierta Porta-Conector : NJ2317

3.- Clip de Aceero Fija-Lampara : N/A

Proyectores Compatibles

CP-X505
CP-X605
CP-X608

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My picture is out I heard a “slight” grinding i think its the color wheel. Originally the picture went to a pink tone and then flickered and went out completely. shutdown and it did the same thing minus the pink tone. light fires up when i turn on the TV but shuts down in 5 seconds and i hear the slight grinding I removed the colorwheel and the bearing seems a bit rough. Any help please.

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Lampara UHB HSR200AR10-2E 200 Watt 70 Volt 2000 Hs

1.- Base Portalampara : NJ2575

2.- Seguro de Acero Fija-Lampara : N/A

3.- Lente Primario : N/A

4.- Sub-Base del Portalamparas : NA81931

5.- Cubierta Porta Conector : NJ2298

Proyectores Compatible

CP-X260 HITACHI
CP-X265 HITACHI
CP-X268A HITACHI
CPX260 HITACHI
CPX265 HITACHI
CPX268A HITACHI
DT00751 HITACHI
HX-3180 HITACHI
HX-3188 HITACHI
HX3180 HITACHI
HX3188 HITACHI
PJ-658 HITACHI
PJ658 HITACHI
PMHI029 APO

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Lampara para proyector Hitachi DT00731

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Lampara UHB HS180AR12-2E 180Watts 70 Volts 2000 Hs.

1.- Base Portalamparas : NJ2175

2.- Lente Primario : N/A

3.- Sub-Base del Portalamparas : N/A

4.- Seguro de Acero Fija-Lampara : N/A

5.- Cubierta Porta-Conector : NJ2176

Proyectores Compatibles

CP-HX2075

CP-S240

CP-X250

CP-X255

ED-X8250

ED-X8255

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