FI Lamps ELPLP49 / V13H010L49 Replacement Compatible Projector Housing for EPSON PowerLite Home Cinema 6100/6500UB/8100/8350/8500UB/8700UB

I'm the first to review this lamp, so here goes:FINAL EDIT:OCTOBER 15, 2014I AM NOW 3,600 hours into this bulb since my Epson 8350 is used in our living room as a regular TV. The projector is just now telling me to REPLACE LAMP at the bottom of the screen. WOW DID I GET MY $40 WORTH! I just ordered another one and I hope it is the same great piece I just used. This one is STILL GOING, but the picture is very dim at the end of its life here. In fact I think it's past its lifetime now and still functioning. Hopefully the replacement i just ordered comes from the same group and everything. I really hope so, but you know how Amazon is, sometimes the sellers change but the item is "the same"PREVIOUS EDIT: FIRST OFF I'm 250 hours into this lamp, and it's still bright and functioning well. So far great replacement.Why I didn't write 5 stars for a perfectly functioning product?-It's advertised as Epson, but is obviously a knockoff.-5 star reviews are commonly used by sellers to boost an item.So far, it has worked at a really great brightness, for about 20 hours and still going. I'm using my projector to write this review.-Installed in an Epson HT 8350I will upload photos later, but I got the lamp in a well packaged box. Inside the box was a smaller box and some air packets. It was well done.Inside the smaller box was a weird chinese keychain of a cat, and the lamp. So right off the bat, they open the smaller box, I'm guessing to do a QC and then put a thingy in it to show it's checked? I'm not sure. Anyway -I rotated the new lamp in all directions and heard an object move inside. I took the original epson lamp and rotated it, and it made the exact same sound, so it is supposed to do that. It sounds like a metal object falling to one side or the other.DIFFERENCES VISUALLY:-The Epson lamp has a larger airspace between the individual grids of the mesh covering the openings. The Glamps model has a finer woven mesh.-The Epson lamp's power attachment where it actually plugs into the projector has the wire lead going to the back of the bulb on the LEFT when looking straight at it. The Glamps wire going to the bulb is on the RIGHT. So the polarity of the plug is reversed. Does this matter? I don't know. I'm assuming since it's a light bulb it just matters if the circuit is completed and the resistor (lamp) is functional. But I am no expert.-The Glamp has a lot of chinese (possibly) characters on the warnings panel.-The glamp is more of a dark gray, where as the Epson bulb is more of a black. Does it matter? Probably not, but it could mean a different fabrication to the plastic.SETUP:When I plugged the lamp in, it fit perfectly, and when I turned the projector on, it fired up nicely, made no weird noises, and nothing else of that nature. As I said earlier it is functioning great. I got 3,480 hours off the original bulb over 2 years and it was really dim before it went out. I did not use ECO mode at all either. So far this lamp functions as I remember the old one doing when it was new, and I am very happy to have my Epson 8350 back online as it's part of my living room entertainment center. My kids watch cartoons on it all day, and I use it to play videogames or watch movies or what have you on the occasion, so it gets used a lot. QUite possibly more than 4 hours a day, every day.I wrote this review, because when I first saw it, I did hesitate to buy, because no one else had any commentary for it, but as of this moment, writing this review, after using the bulb for over 2 weeks - I say this one IS OK TO BUY. AT THIS POINT. I will review further if I change my mind about that, but at less than 1/3 of the cost of an Epson Bulb, I'm happy.

TLDR: Don't skimp on bulbs, buy the OEM ones.I purchased this lamp as a test. I was replacing an Epson OEM bulb with almost 2700 hours on it because I felt the OEM bulb was getting dim. Upon first inserting the bulb I was content with the picture quality it provided. It seemed a little brighter than the 2700 hour bulb, but definitely not as bright as a new OEM bulb. I used this bulb for almost 100 hours. Then I had the opportunity to directly compare my Epson 6100 to an Epson 9500UB and 6030UB. We used an Oppo 105 to run two projectors at a time and compared side by side. There was a tint to my image that made it look absolutely terrible compared to the other two. Luckily we had another OEM Epson bulb with 150 hours on it to put in. Instantly the image surprised me. Looked so much better than this cheap bulb. Ended up putting the 2700 hour bulb back in and think it looks considerably better than this cheap one. In the end I will never purchase non OEM bulbs again.Don't get me wrong, for the price this bulb did at least work. The bulb quality seemed solid, the casing was almost identical to the Epson OEM bulb and it fit inside the projector perfectly. However, I feel the extra money for an OEM bulb gives you a substantially better picture quality and is worth it.

The first GLAMPS bulb I picked up worked flawlessly before starting to dim at around the 2000 hour mark. I was absolutely thrilled with its performance--especially for the modest cost. My stock Epson bulb only last 1700 hours and often flickered as it began to lose brightness.When my first GLAMPS bulb started to fade, I quickly hopped back on Amazon to order a replacement. The price had gone down to an even more reasonable amount, but the quality appears to have fallen as well. The new GLAMPS bulb began to flicker after only 40 hours of usage. The manufacturer offered to replace the bulb if I mailed it in, but for these prices, it's not really worth the trouble. My third lamp began flickering around the 80 hour mark with no signs of settling.I'd guess that these lamps are being sourced from different places, leading to wildly varying levels of quality. I wish I'd bought a dozen of the GLAMP bulb I'd originally purchased. As it is, I think you're looking at a dice roll with the current GLAMPS bulbs. They are cheap, but just be sure you're prepared to deal with the hassle if you happen to get a bum bulb or two.

Decided to take the plunge on aftermarket bulb - $40 vs. $300 for the OEM model. Bulb arrive fast, well packed, and fit perfectly. Similar light quality as the Epson bulb it replaced that exploded at 1,400 hours (and 5 years of occasional use).On the plus side, very inexpensive, does the job. Hopefully it will last as long as the old epson, and then I'll be ready for a new projector.Now the one big negative - there's a lot more light bleed through the vents - I mean a LOT. Since the housing and bulb location are the same as the OEM, I suspect it's the quality of the reflector. It's not as opaque as the OEM, and light bleeds through the side of the glass, making its way quite noticeably into the room. In my set-up, the projector is about 5 feet behind me, and about 3 feet above seated eye level, so for the most part, I don't notice it at all, except during very dark scenes. Then the light become noticeable in my peripheral vision (those retinal rods in the periphery are most light sensitive anyway).I can live with it, but it's not as good as OEM. Will come back at a 100 hours with an update.

Its doing a great job for the price and am very happy Thanks