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[John_Miller]

I hope this is the right place for this, normally only post in the church forum, but didn’t see anything projector related there.

I’ve been tasked with sourcing a replacement lamp for one of our Optoma projectors. The label on the projector has the model number at TX542RFBA when I search for it, everything comes back as TX542-3D and I can’t find any mention of the RFBA model anywhere. I’m aware this is a roughly 15 year old projector and probably out of common use. Can anyone tell me if the 3D and RFBA are essentially the same thing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Caleb Dueck]

I hope this is the right place for this, normally only post in the church forum, but didn’t see anything projector related there.

I’ve been tasked with sourcing a replacement lamp for one of our Optoma projectors. The label on the projector has the model number at TX542RFBA when I search for it, everything comes back as TX542-3D and I can’t find any mention of the RFBA model anywhere. I’m aware this is a roughly 15 year old projector and probably out of common use. Can anyone tell me if the 3D and RFBA are essentially the same thing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Did you contact Optoma?

The lamp part number is BL-FP180E, $200 from B&H, 4 week lead time. 

If it's 15 years old, XGA, 2,800 lumens - its time is over.  There are new, 1080P, 4k lumen projectors for ~$1k that if the throw ratio works.  That would be a much better use of funds than wasting money on a lamp on an EOL, XGA model.

[John_Miller]

Did you contact Optoma?

The lamp part number is BL-FP180E, $200 from B&H, 4 week lead time. 

If it's 15 years old, XGA, 2,800 lumens - its time is over.  There are new, 1080P, 4k lumen projectors for ~$1k that if the throw ratio works.  That would be a much better use of funds than wasting money on a lamp on an EOL, XGA model.

I did not contact optima, it’s so old it’s not listed on their site at all that I can find, and I assumed their customer service people would suck.

I appreciate the part number

If it was up to me, there would be a new projector on order already, but I was told to try a lamp, as we have another of these projectors in use, and leadership is cheap.

[Tim McCulloch]

I did not contact optima, it’s so old it’s not listed on their site at all that I can find, and I assumed their customer service people would suck.

I appreciate the part number

If it was up to me, there would be a new projector on order already, but I was told to try a lamp, as we have another of these projectors in use, and leadership is cheap.

Being cheap is not the same as good stewardship. Saying so will probably get you sent packing, but keep in mind the mentality of your bosses.

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