lonewolf Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Hi guys, I have struggled to find proper long lasting bulbs for JVC Projectors. I seem to always end up buying them in the wrong places, I would buy the ones that say genuine bulb in genuine housing etc and even still i find they dont last as long or have other issues compared to the ones my JVC projectors came with. My bro has been having the same issue . He tried contacting JVC support to find out where they recommend to buy from but they never got back to him. Do people buy the JVC original bulbs and are they called OEM or Genuine? And where do they get them from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Not cheap, but they are genuine. https://www.projectorscreens.com.au/jvc-lamps-and-3d-options/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 Thanks mate, That was the next store i was going to try out. Problem i noticed is, they dont have the JVC bulbs for my bro who still has a JVC HD550. Any clue which store he can go to for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 5 minutes ago, lonewolf said: Thanks mate, That was the next store i was going to try out. Problem i noticed is, they dont have the JVC bulbs for my bro who still has a JVC HD550. Any clue which store he can go to for them? Might be worth a call to the same place to see if they can get one in. TBH it's a bit of a punt putting a new original lamp into a HD550 given its age. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 1 hour ago, Quark said: Might be worth a call to the same place to see if they can get one in. TBH it's a bit of a punt putting a new original lamp into a HD550 given its age. What do you mean? like its bad for the projector or that its not worth the costs of the bulb as the projector may die any minute? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 8 minutes ago, lonewolf said: What do you mean? like its bad for the projector or that its not worth the costs of the bulb as the projector may die any minute? The latter - while these were well built, they're long in the tooth nowadays. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 23 hours ago, lonewolf said: Do people buy the JVC original bulbs and are they called OEM or Genuine? And where do they get them from? Al the 3 jvc I have had across 3 gen have done fine with genuine jvc bulbs. So I would see no reason popping a genuine jvc bulb in to replace. The spare I have from oztheatre is genuine jvc with box etc. not needed to use yet as still long life left in existing bulb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 3 minutes ago, betty boop said: Al the 3 jvc I have had across 3 gen have done fine with genuine jvc bulbs. So I would see no reason popping a genuine jvc bulb in to replace. The spare I have from oztheatre is genuine jvc with box etc. not needed to use yet as still long life left in existing bulb Both the "genuine" bulb I bought previously for my x30 and my bro bought for his HD550 have not lasted long. In both cases after a couple of hundred hours or so, they started to give problems and also got very dim. They were both bought from this shop in lane cove in sydney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) 6 minutes ago, lonewolf said: Both the "genuine" bulb I bought previously for my x30 and my bro bought for his HD550 have not lasted long. In both cases after a couple of hundred hours or so, they started to give problems and also got very dim. They were both bought from this shop in lane cove in sydney. Well I don’t know what genuine bulb that is … I’ve never had a genuine jvc bulb start to give problems or get dim in couple hundred hours. Was it brand new jvc branded, unopened in jvc box ? And sealed new ? You sure not some projector issue ? the x30 had all sorts of balust issues in backwards etc.. hd550 is going so far back, they were prior to x35 which I would never recommend anyone buying a unit prior. And even those (x35) I couldn’t recommend now as so old ! Last one I saw was very tired nothing like what my unit I had back in day and was capable of. Edited August 20 by betty boop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 4 minutes ago, betty boop said: Well I don’t know what genuine bulb that is … I’ve never had a genuine jvc bulb start to give problems or get dim in couple hundred hours. Was it brand new jvc branded, unopened in jvc box ? And sealed new ? You sure not some projector issue ? the x30 had all sorts of balust issues in backwards etc.. hd550 is going so far back, they were prior to x35 which I would never recommend anyone buying a unit prior. And even those (x35) I couldn’t recommend now as so old ! Last one I saw was very tired nothing like what my unit I had back in day and was capable of. I had fixed the ballast issue on my x30, No it was a bulb issue, when i changed back to a proper JVC bulb, it worked fine. I mean there are shops that say genuine but they arent genuine JVC but some sort of hybrid / copy . The price is a lot lower too. Only like 200 or so i think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betty boop Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 1 minute ago, lonewolf said: I had fixed the ballast issue on my x30, No it was a bulb issue, when i changed back to a proper JVC bulb, it worked fine. I mean there are shops that say genuine but they arent genuine JVC but some sort of hybrid / copy . The price is a lot lower too. Only like 200 or so i think Well that will explain it if saying genuine but aren’t genuine jvc and a hybrid copy. There are plenty on likes of those on web I wouldn’t touch. It’s well known fact these are not as bright as genuine jvc. id only buy a jvc original from likes of oztheatre, will cost more than the $200 junk. But will get a sealed new jvc original lamp. And will come jvc packaged branded and sealed. Wouldn’t touch anything else. I’ve read stories of folks buying these other lamps taking out a genuine original jvc lamp and finding the web bought one supposed original isn’t even as bright as the lamp being taken out.. what is point of that ! you get long hours too on the genuine original article too so buying these $200 “cheapies”is a false economy… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolf Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 3 minutes ago, betty boop said: Well that will explain it if saying genuine but aren’t genuine jvc and a hybrid copy. There are plenty on likes of those on web I wouldn’t touch. It’s well known fact these are not as bright as genuine jvc. id only buy a jvc original from likes of oztheatre, will cost more than the $200 junk. But will get a sealed new jvc original lamp. And will come jvc packaged branded and sealed. Wouldn’t touch anything else. I’ve read stories of folks buying these other lamps taking out a genuine original jvc lamp and finding the web bought one supposed original isn’t even as bright as the lamp being taken out.. what is point of that ! you get long hours too on the genuine original article too so buying these $200 “cheapies”is a false economy… Yeah thats why i was trying to find where to get a proper shop , I kept thinking these other places that said genuine were genuine but they arent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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