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(More customer reviews)I've owned one of these for a year. It is great when it's here, but the image chip has completely failed TWICE.
The first time was after less than 55 hours of use and 5 weeks of ownership. It showed only pink and green vertical bars. I couldn't even see the internal menus. It was gone for about 2 months because the repair facility had to obtain the part. (AND AMAZON REFUSED TO ACCEPT A TOTAL FAILURE AS A RETURN EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ONLY A WEEK PAST THEIR RETURN POLICY.)
The second time was after less than 400 hours of use and about 7 months of ownership. Both brightness and color temperature began flickering irregularly. I tried replacing the bulb to no effect. It was a couple of weeks waiting to get a bulb and then gone to the repair facility for another 3-4 weeks.
Professionally, I work with dozens of projectors of various makes and models (including Sony) and have never seen a unit behave like this. When it is working, it shows a great image and - when it is working - it has good features for the price. There is a 2-year manufacturer's warrantee to cover the work I've needed done, but shipping to the repair facility and buying a new bulb to try and fix the problem myself added about 33-40% (so far) to the overall cost making it less of a value. I'd like to think that I just got the one poor exception, but the experience has been frustrating.
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