Soldato
- Joined
- 15 Feb 2009
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Hi all,
I currently have a W1070, which I bought second-hand a short while ago, and whilst the quality is good, it developed a vertical white lines thing and having a quick look on the internet seems as though it's the DMD chip failing. It wasn't so bad when it first started, but now it's pretty much always there and it's a real eyesore.
I emailed BenQ and they said an out of warranty repair will be £42 to diagnose, and the cost will be around £200 (for a mainboard replacement) or around £300 (for a DMD chip replacement). And it will only have 3 months warranty. I'm thinking that's way too much to drop on a several year old projector which will have no guarantee that nothing else will go wrong.
I looked online and the W2000 is on sale for £670 at Richer Sounds. I phoned them up and they have a home demo unit (only been demoed at a potential customer's house for no more than 2 weeks) for £630, and it has a 6 year guarantee on it.
Looking at reviews, it seems like a good projector, and the 6 year guarantee gives me piece of mind. Is this a good buy, or is there something around the £600 that I should be looking at instead?
I currently have a W1070, which I bought second-hand a short while ago, and whilst the quality is good, it developed a vertical white lines thing and having a quick look on the internet seems as though it's the DMD chip failing. It wasn't so bad when it first started, but now it's pretty much always there and it's a real eyesore.
I emailed BenQ and they said an out of warranty repair will be £42 to diagnose, and the cost will be around £200 (for a mainboard replacement) or around £300 (for a DMD chip replacement). And it will only have 3 months warranty. I'm thinking that's way too much to drop on a several year old projector which will have no guarantee that nothing else will go wrong.
I looked online and the W2000 is on sale for £670 at Richer Sounds. I phoned them up and they have a home demo unit (only been demoed at a potential customer's house for no more than 2 weeks) for £630, and it has a 6 year guarantee on it.
Looking at reviews, it seems like a good projector, and the 6 year guarantee gives me piece of mind. Is this a good buy, or is there something around the £600 that I should be looking at instead?
It does have vertical lens shift though, not a big adjustment but it does help especially atm when I can't wall/ceiling mount it, so have to put it on a tripod.
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