*Official* Epson Home Cinema 8100 owners thread! - Page 64

Hi guys, bought epson 8100 (3200 in Europe) and I hate its mis-convergence. Movies are fine, but if you want to show text/subtitles, you are doomed. Even from the viewing distance its bad.
Check my unit:






Do you think I can send it back for a replacement, or is this within their 1 px mis-aligement policy?

Doomed? Lol, I will trade you that quality text compared to what my LED projector displays.

That's a lot, Especially in the center crosshair. A bit out on the edges is acceptable.
I'd try for a replacement.

I purchased my Epson 8100 Nov. 2009. I have a total of 760 hours on it. I use it mainly for movies which are 90% letterboxed. A few weeks ago I noticed a magenta (redish) line across the top of the picture on a full screened movie. I called CS yesterday. They were "sorry" but because it was past the 2 year mark there was nothing they could do. I still don't believe a projector that has only 760 hours should have this problem unless it is an initial defect in the materials used. Luckily, this line is not noticed when watching letterboxed type movies. I wonder how many other owners have had this problem.

At least me and one other guy does. And it both our cases it happened RIGHT after the warranty ran out as well. Mine has considerably more hours on it though.

Is anyone projecting the 8100 onto a screen larger than 120"?

does it have enough lumens for screens larger than that, without torching it in Dynamic mode?

I am projecting on a 147in screen on Eco lamp mode, and it looks great. It is a hi power screen though(which I can't recommend highly enough). .

I had my third lamp explode on Sunday. This time I am out of warranty, but when I spoke to CS on Tuesday (computers were down when I called Monday) they didn't give me a hard time and they sent a new bulb. They said it could take a week to arrive, but I received it today, Thursday. Nice.

My polarizer problem has seemingly plateaued, knock on wood. Is there any chance my polarizer issue could have been caused by the lamps blowing up? It seems there is a glass(?) residue around the lamp when they blow, it doesn't seem like a healthy situation. The CSR didn't rule it out, but said it was unlikely.

Had a bulb blow out two weeks ago, again at around 850 hours.

The PJ is ceiling mounted, with plenty of ventilation, I clean the filter once per month, run it in Eco mode and do my damnedest not to short cycle it. This would be my 6th bulb, 3rd projector, out of warranty since July.

I was very hesitant to buy a new bulb, because I don't want to drop $200 on this every 6 months. Was contemplating replacing it with a 60-65" LCD.

I read kasheyev's post above and figured of give Epson a shot. Called Saturday, explained my situation. They didn't hassle me and shipped me a new bulb, which arrived just a little while ago. He also have me the whole thing about a bad manufacturing line, etc, etc, but this is the third one I've gotten where they've done that.

I'm pretty happy with Epson's customer service, they went above an beyond what I think a lot of companies would have. On the other hand, the experience has left kind of a bad taste in my mouth. If this one dies before 1000h, then I'll likely scrap the project until I can find a more reliable brand and replace it with an LCD.

Do people run the 8100 with Iris ON?

Does having Iris ON improve brightness (more lumens)? I know it supposed to help with blacks, but not sure it also increase brightness.

Hey, my epson home cinema 8100 went down after a poweroutage
Now all he does is show a white screen, i can't seem to get any sort of menu on him

I was wondering if it were possible to do a hard factory reset of the machine?

Mine is doing the same thing. Happened after second bulb went out. I also have a cyan bar on the bottom, but it's less visible during most video.

I have been running my 8100 for the last 1 & a 1/2 years and just passed 1,980 hours this weekend (I use it for movies, gaming and sporting events mostly - especially football and hockey)...up to this point I have had no real issues with the unit until this very recently this month.

The unit was run in Eco-mode and calibrated on Theatre-mode setting for films and Living Room-mode for games and sporting events where I wanted more "pop" than deeper blacks. I am now finding the brightness to have sharply dropped in the past few weeks to the extent that I am pretty sure the bulb is going to explode any day now. Has anyone experienced this with the 8100 (a drop in lumens followed by a bulb blow out)?
Edited by moostache2 - 3/5/13 at 7:10pm

Yes. My bulb went within two weeks of that happening. Loud pop, scared the hell out of me.

Hi all,

Recently my fan has gotten noticably louder, even in ECO mode. I normal mode it's ubearably loud. Has anyone had this problem or had to replace their fan?

Thanks,

Jim

Hi all,

This is my first post since 04/2010. I still have my 8100. I am still using it.

The fan has become noticeable on very quiet scenes now, though, no one else but me seems to notice it. It's just a small flutter sound occasionally. I can't hear it when there are sounds or voices going on.

I have a 2 or three inch pink line on the bottom of the screen. It's Not too bad. I seem to be the only one who notices it. Or maybe no one cares, since not one person has asked about it.

It's kind of funny that it showed up during Breast Cancer Awareness month during the NFL and the first time I noticed the line at the bottom, I thought that it was there on purpose from the NFL.

The current bulb I'm on is only at 794 hours and already needs replacing. Though I have not been cleaning the filter very regularly.

Anyway, just thought I would give an update.