Panasonic TY LA1000 - projection TV replacement lamp

Summary: We bought this Panasonic 50" rear projection
in Oct. 2004 and this is the 3rd lamp we had to buy.
So 3 years 3 lamps! I called Panasonic and they

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Summary: We bought this Panasonic 50" rear projection
in Oct. 2004 and this is the 3rd lamp we had to buy.
So 3 years 3 lamps! I called Panasonic and they just might as well have said OH WELL your tuff luck. I am here to say: NEVER will I spend another hard earned dollar on a Panasonic ANYTHING!

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Summary: I'm about to order my 3rd bulb after two years with a Panasonci PT 50in screen. I haven't had a bulb fail when first installed, which is why ...

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Summary: I'm about to order my 3rd bulb after two years with a Panasonci PT 50in screen. I haven't had a bulb fail when first installed, which is why I didn't rate this "Abysmal," but it shouldn't be failing every year at $300 a pop. The best way to extend the life is refrain from switching it on/off too frequently. Once it's on, I leave it on for the day and just switch the cable box off so the TV screen is black/blank. It seemed to help the 2nd bulb live longer.

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Summary: Any electronics, any vehicle, basically anything made in japan is overprice. I took this thing apart, and it is extremely poorly constructed, with bare uninsulated wire on the inside.

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Summary: Any electronics, any vehicle, basically anything made in japan is overprice. I took this thing apart, and it is extremely poorly constructed, with bare uninsulated wire on the inside.

You can make your bulb cheaply by just taking off the caulk in the back of the reflector and replacing bulb inside with a cheap, reliable, well constructed, taiwan made HID. You should probably look under the 100 Watt section for 10000k bulbs. Im not sure the of the OEM wattage, which is why I recommend that you check in the panasonic part book what the rating of the bulb transformer is. Pop the bulb in, I suggest fitting the reflector with a HID clip and using plastic screw-on connection insulator. It should work fine as long as voltage, wattage, and color temparture are the same....

I dont recommend anyone doing the above, but go for it if your panasonic television using this bulb has one of those 4 year store warranties.

You will need long screw-drives or driver extensions because you can only take this thing apart from the inside. There are only 3 screw on the inside holding it together, 2 holding the plug and 2 more holding it together from the outside. All these screw are easily acessable, you just have to do some targeting.

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Summary: Anyone who has a TV that uses this bulb needs to sign the petition here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/panbulb/petition.html
and call 1-800-211-PANA to get their bulb replaced

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Summary: Anyone who has a TV that uses this bulb needs to sign the petition here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/panbulb/petition.html
and call 1-800-211-PANA to get their bulb replaced free. If you have 2 bulb failures, demand a new balast.

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