I had a previous post stating that my 5 year old 42WE610 had 8000+ hours on the initial lamp. Now I am questioning what I am seeing. If I go into the service menu and go to a screen that says lamp time on the left it says 08248 on the right. Is this the screen I am looking for? It has huge font. I could have sworn it said 08249 earlier today, but if this is the correct screen maybe I am just mistaken about what I saw earlier?

No one knows if this is the correct screen for time on a Sony lamp?

There are a number of screens in the service menu but I can't remember which is the correct listing. At 8,000+ hours, I'd recommend ordering a new lamp and swapping it in when it arrives. If the new lamp goes within its 90 warranty period, you would still have the old one as a working backup. That's what I did around 6,000 hours.

YMMV

Have a look in the GWIII owners thread - http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=309559