DLP & HD-ILA Bulb - reduce cost

While roaming around looking for an extended warranty on my JVC 61"
HD-ILA, I found that one company was offering a 3-yr bulb replacement
warranty. Covers up to 2 bulbs.

Cost? $99.00 Maybe less if you roam around more than I did.

Do a google search on warrantech and it will pop up a bunch of places to
buy from.

I've dealt with WarrenTech for many years and have found them to be a
reputable company.

For those that wonder, the JVC extended warranty is more expensive and
isn't really with JVC either. It is a 3rd party and they have a 30-mile
restriction. I'm way out of that range, so it wasn't an option at all.

Basically I got 5-year total in-home coverage, with 3-yr Bulb
Replacement for less than $300!

Lloyd

6000 hrs is the rating on these lamps. Odds are in the favor of you wasting
your money.
Personally, I'd rather buy a lamp and have the spare on hand than wait for
some insurance company to mail me one by way of Taiwan.



"Lloyd Parsons" wrote in message
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While roaming around looking for an extended warranty on my JVC 61"
HD-ILA, I found that one company was offering a 3-yr bulb replacement
warranty. Covers up to 2 bulbs.

Cost? $99.00 Maybe less if you roam around more than I did.

Do a google search on warrantech and it will pop up a bunch of places to
buy from.

I've dealt with WarrenTech for many years and have found them to be a
reputable company.

For those that wonder, the JVC extended warranty is more expensive and
isn't really with JVC either. It is a 3rd party and they have a 30-mile
restriction. I'm way out of that range, so it wasn't an option at all.

Basically I got 5-year total in-home coverage, with 3-yr Bulb
Replacement for less than $300!

Lloyd

In article ,
"Dan G" wrote:

6000 hrs is the rating on these lamps. Odds are in the favor of you wasting
your money.
Personally, I'd rather buy a lamp and have the spare on hand than wait for
some insurance company to mail me one by way of Taiwan.

To each his own, I guess. But research shows that 6000 hours may be a
bit of a stretch, especially on the JVC's. Everything I see points to
at minimum, one a year. So I figger $99 vs $400 is a better bet.

And backordered bulbs seem to be not out of the ordinary.

Lloyd



"Lloyd Parsons" wrote in message
...
While roaming around looking for an extended warranty on my JVC 61"
HD-ILA, I found that one company was offering a 3-yr bulb replacement
warranty. Covers up to 2 bulbs.

Cost? $99.00 Maybe less if you roam around more than I did.

Do a google search on warrantech and it will pop up a bunch of places to
buy from.

I've dealt with WarrenTech for many years and have found them to be a
reputable company.

For those that wonder, the JVC extended warranty is more expensive and
isn't really with JVC either. It is a 3rd party and they have a 30-mile
restriction. I'm way out of that range, so it wasn't an option at all.

Basically I got 5-year total in-home coverage, with 3-yr Bulb
Replacement for less than $300!

Lloyd

"Dan G" wrote in
:

6000 hrs is the rating on these lamps. Odds are in the favor of you
wasting your money.
Personally, I'd rather buy a lamp and have the spare on hand than wait
for some insurance company to mail me one by way of Taiwan.



"Lloyd Parsons" wrote in message
...
While roaming around looking for an extended warranty on my JVC 61"
HD-ILA, I found that one company was offering a 3-yr bulb replacement
warranty. Covers up to 2 bulbs.

Cost? $99.00 Maybe less if you roam around more than I did.

Do a google search on warrantech and it will pop up a bunch of places
to buy from.

I've dealt with WarrenTech for many years and have found them to be a
reputable company.

For those that wonder, the JVC extended warranty is more expensive
and isn't really with JVC either. It is a 3rd party and they have a
30-mile restriction. I'm way out of that range, so it wasn't an
option at all.

Basically I got 5-year total in-home coverage, with 3-yr Bulb
Replacement for less than $300!

Lloyd



I got one on overnight delivery

"Lloyd Parsons" wrote

And backordered bulbs seem to be not out of the ordinary.

The store I bought the TV from had them on the shelf when I went in 3 months
later to buy a spare. 1300 hours and all OK so far on the original.

JVC has them in stock as I type. Mine is original, around 2000 hrs.


"Dave Gower" wrote in message
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"Lloyd Parsons" wrote

And backordered bulbs seem to be not out of the ordinary.

The store I bought the TV from had them on the shelf when I went in 3
months
later to buy a spare. 1300 hours and all OK so far on the original.

Lloyd Parsons wrote:
In article ,
"Dan G" wrote:

6000 hrs is the rating on these lamps. Odds are in the favor of you wasting
your money.
Personally, I'd rather buy a lamp and have the spare on hand than wait for
some insurance company to mail me one by way of Taiwan.

To each his own, I guess. But research shows that 6000 hours may be a
bit of a stretch, especially on the JVC's. Everything I see points to
at minimum, one a year. So I figger $99 vs $400 is a better bet.

And backordered bulbs seem to be not out of the ordinary.

If the company selling the insurance wasn't making money at $99, they
wouldn't sell it.

So, like all insurance, it's not that you're saving money, but
spreading out your risk over several years.

In article . com,
"Larry Bud" wrote:

Lloyd Parsons wrote:
In article ,
"Dan G" wrote:

6000 hrs is the rating on these lamps. Odds are in the favor of you
wasting
your money.
Personally, I'd rather buy a lamp and have the spare on hand than wait
for
some insurance company to mail me one by way of Taiwan.

To each his own, I guess. But research shows that 6000 hours may be a
bit of a stretch, especially on the JVC's. Everything I see points to
at minimum, one a year. So I figger $99 vs $400 is a better bet.

And backordered bulbs seem to be not out of the ordinary.

If the company selling the insurance wasn't making money at $99, they
wouldn't sell it.

So, like all insurance, it's not that you're saving money, but
spreading out your risk over several years.

I don't have a problem with them making a few bucks, that is what
business is all about.

But on the JVC HD-ILAs there is much discussion about the short-lived
bulbs. While many are not having problems, enough are that the
insurance seems to make sense. I figure that in 3 years I will use at
least 2 bulbs, since they are $200 a pop, the $99 seems like a wise
choice.

I could be wrong... ;-)