Counterfeit lamps DO exist…and they are presented in a number of different disguises…

1) Generic lamps sold online by a number of venders today should be considered counterfeit when sellers deliberately mislead consumers with claims to “OEM” or “Genuine Original” when in fact the are knock offs. There are many of these generic lamp e-tailers popping up daily…it’s a disease that needs to be stopped! We will show you the questions to ask and how to confirm you are receiving a genuine product!

2) Brand name lamps, marketed and sold, again, as the “original” lamp for your particular TV. Just because an aftermarket lamp has a brand name stamped on it does not qualify it as an original part number for your TV. Your television was engineered with consideration from the ORIGINAL lamp supplier and the TV manufacturer. Engineers from both companies worked hand in hand to fine tune your picture. What does all this mean?

I.E., lets use for example a Samsung DLP TV, model HLS4666W TV. The original lamp part number is BP96-01472A. This part, when purchased directly from Samsung at about $199.99 includes the plastic case (sometimes referred to as the enclosure, assembly, housing, etc.) and the actual lamp. The lamp this TV originally shipped with out of Samsung’s factory was manufactured by Philips. The replacement part number BP96-01472A shipped from the Samsung Parts Factory is also a Philips. There are venders out there that claim to sell the original lamp for your TV at deep discounted prices…this is a sign something is not right.

3) The competition is hot and it’s only heating up higher. Generic companies are trying to figure out ways to gain a piece of the market share and there is nothing they will not consider to get it! As are copies of brand name sunglasses, watches, purses, and so forth, copycats have realized the market potential of replacement lamps (more on this below). What’s stopping a third party lamp manufacture from stamping “Philips” on their lamps and introducing them into the marketplace? Nothing really. Philips doesn’t have a world police as every dock examining every product that’s shipping off international ports. If the clothing industry cannot prevent fraud and copycats I would imagine lamps would have similar problems. All the more reason to purchase lamps from authorized and legitimate distributors, not just a fly-by-night company with the best price working out of their garage importing generic product!

Where do these venders sell?
1- eBay is a common breeding ground…as are fly-by-night brand-spankin’ new ecommerce stores. They claim to ship you original parts at deep discounted prices, often times over $100 less than the manufacturer! For a part that retails less than $200, something is wrong when an e-tailers claims this folks, watch out.

2- Heavy marketers – some of these fly-by-night merchants are investing literally thousands of dollars a day on advertising [to be blunt] their crappy merchandise. And they really do need these advertising campaigns to trick uninformed consumers into their scams. Search for Samsung BP96-01472A lamp, you’ll see a lot of these scammers on paid google search results. These guys are battling out through pricing competitions on a daily basis…ultimately they will lose any credibility if they’ve had any when consumers realize what is going on.

What do these venders sell?
1- More often than not, cheap, generic lamps. These are made by a handful of manufactures, mostly in Taiwan and mainland China. Factories seem to be popping up as these realize the market potential of this industry.
2- Branded lamps – Venders often claims they are selling an Original Equipment Manufacture (OEM) product. While a lamp may be OEM for one product, this does NOT make it an OEM product across the board! I.E., if a Samsung lamp is manufactured by Philips, that does not necessarily mean that a different Sony TV’s OEM lamp is Philips (in this case, both Samsung and Sony depend on Philips as the OEM, but that’s beside the point). There are third party lamp manufacturers that are insisting to sell original lamp by marketing them as OEM. This is a lie and deceitful!

Why do consumers need to be wary of these third-party products?
1- Rear Projection TV’s (RPTVs) were manufactured by collaboration efforts between many different companies. Texas Instruments (TI) was instrumental in creating the DLP Technology and the DLP chip that spawned this revolution of TVs and Projectors. Philips has been a huge part of the movement as the inventor of the UHP lamp technology used across the world today. With these two main partners are the OEM product manufactures, such as Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic, etc. It is collaboration through these companies that resulted in RPTV and Front Projection (FT) projectors.

As this is the case, these companies have spent countless hours perfecting their innovations to work together seamlessly. These companies have spent millions upon millions of dollars on Research and Development (R&D) to not only created and perfect their technologies, but to mesh all the this technology together.

When a third-party manufacture enters the marketplace, there are a lot of disadvantages at play…and that is a whole other discussion there…

2- Often times third-party products (including lamps) can VOID your manufacturer’s warranty and lead to premature failure of other components inside your TV set! Your DLP is “driven” or powered on by a “lamp driver” or a “ballast” This ballast has been engineered as the bridge between the TV manufacturer (Samsung for example) and the lamp manufacturer (Philips for example). To ensure proper ignition, continuous voltage, and a healthy long life, the ballast and lamp are matched together.

3- With a generic or third-party lamp, you are committing yourself to buying an inferior product! Spending $5, $10, or $15 extra on an original part versus a generic/third-party should be a no-brainer when you’ve got a lot more to lose than a few bucks! More on this to come, this has already become longer than it should be…

Algunos Proveedores de lamparas y/o bulbos para proyector , le pueden vender la lampara para el reemplazo de su lampara dañada o el portalamparas completo

Si Ud. Tiene un cierto grado tecnico o habilidad manual y es muy cuidadoso entonces reemplazar su lampara es una buena idea.

De lo contrario Lo mejor es comprar el portalamparas nuevo, ya que si se aventura a cambiar la lampara unicamente , puede entrar en un trabajo dificil y causar un daño al portalamparas o a la misma lampara.

Las diferencias de costos entre ambos es minima y el riesgo por daños es mayor.

Comentarios Utiles a saber sobre los bulbos o lamparas para proyector

Se fabrican 2 tipos de bulbos o lamparas:

Bulbos de Halógeno:

Estos tiene un periodo de vida de aproximadamente de 70 Hs.

Durante su periodo de vida-Actividad producen un brillo constante y una imagen amarrillenta.

Su costo es relativamente bajo , desde 40 a 80 Dll’s

Lámparas de haluro de metal UHB (Ultra Alto Brillo):

Su periodo de vida en promedio es de 2000 Hs.

Estas producen una imagen mas blanca y su brillo disminuye lentamente durante su vida-Actividad

Su costo es mayor, desde los 200 a 400 Dll’s

La aplicacion de estas lamparas para proyector las decide el fabricante.

¿Y que hay sobre UHP (Ultra Alto Rendimiento)?

Esta es una tecnologia propia y desarrollada por Philips, que requiere de un menor Voltaje de operacion para las mismas prestaciones de brillo y son de menor tamaño , haciendolas mas confiables al trabajar a menor voltaje… menor temperatura y mayor tiempo de vida , aproximadamente 4000 Hs.

(Sitio, En Ingles con mas detalles sobre esta tecnologia)

Una manera de cuidar y prolongar la vida util de su proyector es utilizarlo en areas bien ventiladas , no obstruir sus areas de ventilacion y limpiar frecuentemente sus filtros de aire , desde luego observar todas las recomendaciones de su manual del usuario.

Dentro de la pagina les presentamos unas fotografias de algunos portalamparas para proyector Hitachi sus probables intercambios y otros datos tecnicos de interes general , esperando les sea de utilidad y de apoyo en alguna compra de Bulbo para proyector .

Checa esta empresa no solo tiene el portalamparas Hitachi , tiene mas lamparas y partes para tu TV DLP Plasma y LCD . Cuentan con servicio de envio directo de Lamparas y partes a tu domicilo y en todas las ciudades del mundo.

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Some people have been asking about the 90 warranty from the manufacturer when you buy from Discount-Merchant.com. Warranties and guarantees are to help you the consumer decide on what product is the best, and safest choice. If you’re going to drop a few hundred bucks, that product better have a warranty. Retailers know this, so they’ll do anything to make the sale, even warranty for up to 1 year or longer. I’ve talked with Ali from Discount-Merchant.com and he tells me that it’s highly unlikely that Philips lamps will go out within the first year, even the first two years. The failure rate is 3 in 10,000. That means that the lamp you get brand new should work.

And to speak to the point of longevity–well, your mileage may vary. Just like incandescent light bulbs you use for a lamp in your house, or even halogen lamps for the headlights of a truck, DLP and LCD lamps are consumable parts. The more you use them, the chances it will have to fail increases. Anyone who offers a free 1 year warranty is just trying to sell you the product, and most likely, they’re selling generic because it’s cheaper to replace. They also know that so many other things can go wrong with a television and they’ll most likely turn the customer down 11 months down the line, so once they have your money, there’s nothing you can really do. The reason we trust DM is that they’re customer service is excellent. They do stand by their product, and if there are any problems, you can give them a call and they are more than willing to help you troubleshoot. They’d rather help you fix your TV than sell you a lamp (and if fixing your TV involves selling you a lamp they’ll do that too

To end, here’s a quote from one of my favorite movies… Can anyone guess which movie this is?

Tommy: Chicken wings! Let’s think about this for a sec, Ted, why would somebody put a guarantee on a box? Hmmm, very interesting.
Ted Nelson: Go on, I’m listening.
Tommy: Here’s the way I see it, Ted. guy puts a fancy guarantee on a box ’cause he wants you to feel all warm and toasty inside.
Ted Nelson: Yeah, makes a man feel good.
Tommy: ‘Course it does. Why shouldn’t it? Ya figure you put that little box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter, am I right, Ted?
Ted Nelson: What’s your point?
Tommy: The point is, how do you know the fairy isn’t a crazy glue sniffer? “Building model airplanes” says the little fairy, well, we’re not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that’s all it takes. The next thing you know, there’s money missing off the dresser and your daughter’s knocked up, I seen it a hundred times.
Ted Nelson: But why do they put a guarantee on the box?
Tommy: Because they know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of ****. That’s all it is, isn’t it? Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for now, for your customer’s sake, for your daughter’s sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality product from me.

Please help. I have an RCA 50″ Scenium that has been wonderful for the last 20 months. Beautiful picture and never any problems. After returning from a weekend away it began making a “buzzing” type noise (when on of course). I’ve looked all over the internet and called RCA to find what it might be. After reading this site and others I thought it might be the color wheel. Last night I opened the back and it was filthy. I carefully vacuumed as much dust as possible and used some canned air to dust what the vacuum could not get to - This is where it gets interesting. Now instead of a constant loud buzz, it is an intermittent loud buzz. There are no picutre or sound issues with programs. I have now begun to wonder if the buzz is coming from one of the 2 fans? Could it be as simple as cleaning the fans a bit better? Has anyone else had this issue? Thanks for any help, Greg

Do you have a projection TV with a bad lamp? Is the lamp inside your TV a Philips or OSRAM 100W, 1oo/120W, or a 120W lamp? Does it say 1.3 just after the wattage? If so, click here for the lowest price on an original replacement from Discount-Merchant.com

If you have an OSRAM lamp in your TV we highly recommend replacing that lamp with a Philips. It’s no secret Philips is the innovator of Ultra High Pressure (UHP) Mercury Lamps (created in 1995). The quality and dependability of Philips lamps are much greater than OSRAM, or any of the generic brands out there (LTI, APO, etc.. The combination of better “burners” and more advanced drivers (the ballasts) are a few reasons why Philips lamps outlast the competition.

In any case, if your lamp is a 100W, 100/120W, or 120W and looks like the lamps in the pictures below, we recommend purchasing this lamp from Discount-Merchant.com. Post questions and concerns!

Do you have an RCA (or other brand) DLP that has this lamp inside?  If yes, there are a couple of things I immediately know about your TV set:

1) Your DLP set is probably less than two years old…and the lamp has failed prematurely.
2) You’re extremely upset about this…afterall, you purchased this DLP Set because you thought it would be trouble-free for 3-4 years.
3) You had no idea you were getting an inferior product.  Most quality TV Manufacturer’s use Philips brand or Panasonic brand lamps.  Your manufacture went with the lower prices OSRAM lamp, so you got stuck with an inferior product.
4) You wish you lamp lasted longer…or at least wished there was something you could do to make it last longer!

First of all, you’re not stuck with the OSRAM lamp.  As long as you lamp is a:

OSRAM P-VIP 100-120/1.0 e22h
or
OSRAM P-VIP 120-132/1.0 e22h

there is something you can do!  Get the better and more reliable alternative made by Philips!

Click below to purchase this lamp!

http://www.discount-merchant.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=Philips%2De22%2D1%2E0%2D132W%2D120W%2DUHP&Click=1683

Generally we do not encourage this…but we’ve seen too many people email about lamp failures…about bad color wheels…about defective ballasts…and even the light engines!  We know it’s difficult to justify buying another projection DLP TV if you’ve gone through a few lamps…a new ballast…or surely at least a color wheel.  RCA’s are prone to these failures, unfortunately…and they can become a money pit!

 RCA’s are emphasis for the loud “whining noise” the color wheel makes when its bearings start to give out.  Even if you still have experienced a distored picture, whether it be discoloration or flickering on the screen, if you heard the color wheel “whine,” you will see those symptoms soon.

For color wheels and ballast issues, it seems like you’ve got no choice other than the factory.

 For that reason, here’s RCA’s contact details:
In Warranty TVs (purchased within the last year): 800-338-0376

Out of Warranty TVs (TV sets older than 1 year): 866-723-6486

For lamp replacement, we suggest Discount-Merchant.com.  If you have a TYPE B lamp, you most likely have a OSRAM lamp inside your TV.  Type A lamps should be fitted with Philips lamps.  Per our experience and feedback, we only recommend replacing your old lamp with a Philips brand lamp, regardless if it was fitted with an OSRAM or a Philips originally.

The Philips lamps tend to last longer, per our datalogging, nearly 2,000 hours longer on average!  Don’t settle for the inferior lamp…purchase the Philips brand replacement bulb.

GENERAL Disclaimer: Never purchase an LTI, APO, or third-party aftermarket brand lamp.  If we had it our way, we would get rid of UHP lamps all together and install the new LED Based Light Engines.  But since we cannot do that, the next best thing is to go with the innovator in UHP technology: Philips.

Good luck!

Well…instead of writing individual pages for various “How-To” guides, we have created a single page.  We will update this page as more guides are made available.  If you have a request for a specific enclosure, please let us know!

 http://www.fixyourdlp.com/lampguides/guides.html

I’m sorry I do not have the whole model number. We took the TV in for repairs as there was a buzzing noise. The thing that was buzzing was directly above the projection bulb and alittle towards the front. This sound was consistant with the sound my computer has when the fan gets bad. The repair shop said the color wheel was bad and there were other issues that needed repaired. Some “engine” thing. The Tv worked good the picture was fine. I have the same Tv in a 61″ too and they appeared to have the same quality of picture just bigger. The part that was buzzing appeared to be a fan. Does this sound like the problem is the color wheel? why didn’t the video quality go down?

Thanks Scott 

After three weeks of intense testing, we can confirm that our lamp adapter is just about ready for sale.  Here are the latest pictures…let us know what you think.