Sony VPL-VW60 "Black Pearl"

[JamesN]

Originally Posted by syncguy

According to reviews, as I could remember, it is 2000 hours on high mode and 3000 hours on low mode. However, lamp could fail prematurely as any other bulb, hence manufactures limits the warranty to 3 months. I haven't seen any stats on real-world use.

I have a VPL HS51 (Cineza) 720p. Lamp was rated similarly (2000 high, 3000 low). My first bulb faded after 1000 hrs on low mode. Never had any abnormal shutdowns I can remember that might have shortened it's life. When it went, it went quickly. Switching to high mode only bought me a few extra hours of viewing until that too was too dim to be tolerable.

I was curious if the VW 50/60/40 bulbs fared any better.