Below are some of the questions you have to consider before purchasing a projector lamp.

1. Compatible or original

2. Bare bulb or lamp with module

3. Is the quality of the original lamp better than that of replacement lamp?

Compatible or original

Actually it depends. It’s like choosing a branded computer and a compatible computer. Original lamps are expensive but if you’re a brand man then go for it. A compatible lamp will bring you better price performance ratio, since we still use same filament that is used on original lamp, and we just use compatible lamp cup. So we recommend compatible. They do not have big difference from the original.

Bare bulb or lamp with module

If you think the following matches your situation, you might need a new lamp with module:

a. If you do not like to install it yourself

b. You are worried you might break the lamp when you install it, since the housing is very hard to be taken apart.

c. Your lamp housing is in a bad condition.

d. Dust particles left in the Module is very hard to remove, then you need to buy lamp with module.

If you are a handy man and your projector lamp housing is still in good condition, we think buying a bare bulb is a good choice of you. Buying a bare bulb can save you big money.

Is the quality of the original lamp better than that of replacement lamp?

It’s a tricky question. When projector manufacturer chooses a lamp supplier, they not only consider quality but cost as well. If supplier A provides the best quality with expensive prices and supplier B provide very good quality but not as good as that of supplier A, but it provides better prices. Who will the projector manufacturer choose? He will choose supplier B.

Projector lamp technology grows very fast. The quality of each supplier is not very different.

If your projector is an old model, the quality of a replacement lamp is most likely better than that of original lamp.

Even for new a projector lamp, the quality of replacement lamp is very close to the quality of original one.