We're sorry to hear you are having trouble with your projector. To clarify, the spots are caused by a bad DMD chip.
As with any electronic, parts such as DMD chips do go bad overtime. Technology has come a long way in the past few years and we'd be happy to help you upgrade to the newest technology such as a 1080p projector or even LED.
On Friday, June 8, 2012 8:40:43 AM UTC-7, Ohioguy wrote:
> I bought a $300 800x600 DLP projector a few years back, Optoma brand.
> The bulb went out after about 9 months, and luckily this was covered
> under the 1 year warranty. After another couple of years, I got white
> dots all over the screen from a failing DLP chip. Obviously, I'm past
> the warranty, and Optoma told me it would cost just over $500 to have it
> repaired. (no, I'm not going to be a loyal Optoma repeat customer) I'd
> rather spend that on a new projector.
> My big question is regarding an extended warranty. A 3 year warranty
> would have covered the "dreaded white spot syndrome" that popped up, but
> not the failing bulb issue.
> 3 questions:
> 1) Does anyone offer a GOOD extended warranty that covers bulbs? Most
> that I've seen treat them as "consumables" - consumables that can often
> cost 80% of the original cost of the unit to replace. I'd love to go
> with LED, but they seem too dim at present. (200 or 300 lumen, instead
> of 3,000)
> 2) Does any projector company offer a longer standard warranty? My old
> one came with 1 year parts and labor, including the bulb. Now I'm seeing
> more being sold that only have 90 days on the bulb.
> 3) What projector company offers very reasonable prices for replacement
> bulbs?
> I'll probably get an LCD projector instead of DLP, because so many folks
> seem to have this white spot syndrome after 2-4 years on their DLP
> projectors. I'd like to get an LCOS projector, but it looks like that
> tech will take another few years to come down in price. With your help,
> I'd like to avoid some of the problems that we had with our first
> projector. This $400-$600 will probably be our biggest single
> entertainment expenditure over the next few years, so I'm taking a
> little time to mull things over before going out and spending the $$
> I've saved up.
> Thanks for your thoughts and help!
