Toshiba 62HM95 62-Inch Projection DLP HD-Ready TV
Beautiful picture - Lousy bulbs
I purchased my 62HM95 (62\\" DLP) set September 2005.  The original bulb burned out in late January just under 5 months after purchase of the TV  I guess that's actually pretty good - I'm reading from others bulbs only lasting 2 months on light use!  I love the quality of the picture when the bulb is working.  It's very sharp and clear.  But starting a few weeks before the bulb burns out, the picture dims considerably then eventually just gives up the ghost!  The replacement bulb lasted almost exactly 5 months and burned out last Friday night.  Same process - several weeks of dim picture the poof!  Gone.  I've put in a call to the authorized service center and am awaiting a call back.  I am single and don't have the TV on all that much - a couple of hours in the evening and a few more on weekends - and I always use it in the low setting (this TV has a low for normal night viewing and high for daytime when ambient light may cause difficulty in viewing - a problem I've never had.)  I'm wondering if there is a fan to cool off the lamp.  If not, it probably needs one!