game set match.. just now watch national treasure half way suddenly loud pop... pj bulb logo with red light turned on ...  after so few hours of watching already bulb rosak i think... never on off the pj quickly..nvr use bright mode.. nvr move pj b4 when it as hot...nothing blocked airflow around pj ... aircon blowing pj direction so if it was overheating it wasnt my fault:(.. tulan nia..any1 kena like me or not.. definately  below 500 hours  maybe below 150 hours.. should be ALOT less but i havent checked the hours for a long time... hopefully just bulb defect and not my pj.. when i tried to on the pj after 3 hours i only heard loud fan noise like when u wanna turn off the pj

My current lamp hours is 520. Doctor gave me MC so i can watch TF BD at home. Again!   

mind to share the FR about bulb at 520hours?

do u need to increase any contrasts or brightness ??

htkaki can see difference coz everyday sell new unit ma. when testing very bright, come back to own unit become dimmer sure very obvious hehe. For us everyday look at the same machine u can't tell the difference until you see a very bright machine

Have a go at this test. Damn nice. hehe If u're good at this u can do manual calibration with ur eyes liao hehe.

Color IQ Test

My score is 3, perfect score is 0. 1st time do it 'page cannot be displayed' Dang do until eye oso blur liao, 2nd time simply do liao, eye cannot see difference liao.

Hehe i used to unplug the power cord right after i switch off until synco say it's bad for the PJ. Now i leave the PJ on standby and i tend to forget to take it out the power cord until the next day. The unit is quite hot with the PJ on standby. Is this normal?

dont forget to check out 2 new epson models..both with better contrast than the ae3000.

nope.  the image cannot entirely fit the screen.

when making the screen, the measurement was taken with projector on the table.  now the projector is hanging and the wall fixture length shorten the throw distance, hence reduce the projected image size.  perhaps this is a lesson learned for DIY.

so, the only reason to go for 720p projector is the big screen wow effect, compromising image quality?

decided not to go projector path as it's quite difficult to achieve "man cave" environment in my living room.

already plunged into plasma display. i think it's cheaper, less hassle and good enough for me and my whole family.
just pray that it can last longer than 10 years, last longer than the previous old CRT.