I am one bitter monkey right now, my DLP lamp just burned out

[rocketpig]

kingofwale said:
Never NEVER buy floor model at a store. when you only get less than 10K bulb life, you've wasted a lot of that already while it's been turned on for 12 hours a day on the floor.

If I remember correctly, LCD has about 300K hours?

I would never buy a floor model LCD or plasma but with the DLP, I was just crossing my fingers in hope that the lamp would kick off before the warranty was up. That way, I get six months of use and a new lamp... Besides, I paid a ridiculous $610 (pre-tax) for a 50" Toshiba DLP. I knew there was a risk but in the end, it will have paid off.