5J.JEE05.001 Replacement Lamp

UPDATE: After 1 year, working great , flawless, still bright... recommend this... please ignore my review after 5 months, that was not the bulb.... UPDATE: After 5 month, performance is great.... small condition developed so thought to share with you. see video, photo attached , on very light screen a moving flare can be seen, like while browsing net, notepad. however no problem in watching movies yet. INTIAL REVIEW: Perfect for HT2050A. But wait... Thou 5 stars i have two comments you should know. The bulb is new and i am writing review within one month of use, so cant say how long it will last. Secondly and most important that this bulb is brighter than original one, what this means is I felt the cinema quality is not as crisp as before. Looks like original Benq bulb 250 USD would retain that quality and hence the ridiculous cost. The cost difference doesnt make sense considering the difference in quality is marginal only. Am enjoying it, specially 3D, where brightness is the most important aspect, now i see more 3D than 2D. Why 3D fans are so less and the technology is going down in earth :-( So if you watch more TV shows than movies, you will be more than happy, if you watch 3D movies you will be fascinated, if you watch mostly 2D movies, you may or may not make out little quality difference. Enjoy and go for it.

I bought this to replace a the bulb in my Benq HT2050 projector. Benq wants $250, 3rd party companies want about $150-200. Part of the reason for the price is that the entire bulb housing is included and makes for a quick swap. For me, replacing the bulb itself for about $90 was worth the extra time it took to remove it from the housing. This is a simple process do to - just watch a couple youtube videos before hand and save yourself $150. This replacement bulb has performed identically to the one that came with my projector including color, brightness and contrast. The bulb itself looks identical and may be from the same OEM manufacturer. I installed this bulb back in October of 2024 so it has been about 5 months. The kids use the projector every day for several hours a day. So far, so good!

First, let me tell you the last replacement bulb I had from another brand lasted about 4 years until it blew up, it exploded not just burned out, it made a loud pop that startled everyone. When I opened it the glass was in pieces all over the insides of the protector (thick glass too), had to remove the case and clean up the insides of all the pieces of glass, not pretty. I ordered this one as a replacement and it dropped right in, fortunately, nothing was permanently damaged and it fired right up, it seems brighter than the previous but might be because its new, left it on for a day to "burn" in and worked fine, has been working great since only time will tell how long it will last. I will update review if it fails prematurely but should last a few years and save me some cash.

I've had this bulb for about 15 months. It seemed like an inexpensive replacement bulb with good brightness, but it just broke with less than 300 hours of usage. They advertise 2500-4500 hours. This is 78% less than their minimum advertised time. I reached out to the company to see about help with a replacement, but since it's past their 6 month warranty, they won't do anything to help. Really disappointing bulb life.

My Light bulb still worked but it dimmed so much, darks were to dark, so it was time. Install was somewhat easy. No tutorials anywhere but only 4 screws to remove. I struggled with light bulb till I figured it sat on housing face down, I removed it differently, confusion on my part. Turned on projector bright again colors and darks. However, on the right side of screen I noticed it was somewhat less bright. I'm not sure if it has to do with the light bulb or dust that got in the inside of the lens, there was quite a bit of dust on projector inside and out. I will open it up again air blow it out and hopefully clear any dust. Note that spot wasnt there before I removed light bulb twice re adjusted light spot still there hoping its dust on the inside lens. Update turns out housing no longer works cleaned before reinstall removed coating accidentally. Bought bulb with housing less hassle for a couple of bucks more.

The product work perfectly. It was easy to install and project is working fine.

From day one the screen keeps flickering. After 20-30 minutes, I can turn the projector off for a few minutes and back on, then it works fine. It does seem to be a bit dimmer than normal.

For the past few months, I'd noticed my BenQ HT2050's dim image. And with 3,600 hours in the old lamp (in echo mode), I realized it was time to do something about it. I considered buying the brand-new HT3550 and upgrade to 4K, but that's a lot of money. On the other hand, the manufacturer's lamp goes for about $250, and I paid less than 500 bucks for my projector. Being in this dilemma, I researched third-party replacement lamps and came across this one. Based on the reviews, it appeared this bulb would work on my Benq HT2050. And guess what? It DOES work! Just beware that replacing the bulb is a bit of chore: Following BenQ's instructions, remove the bulb case, then you're on your own. You need to take the old lamp out of the case and replace it with this one. It isn't super difficult, but you MUST remember how the case was installed (orientation is very important), and where the old bulb was. When I turned on the projector, the image come to life, bright and vibrant. It's like I got a new projector! I've been enjoying it for about two weeks without a problem.

Facil para cambiar

Easy to install and pretty decent video quality. Hope it will work as long as advertised.

Used daily for about 6 months now. Brightness is excellent.

Performed as expected.