Stumbled on a stat that blew my mind about used projectors

I was browsing the budget home theater subreddit last night and someone posted that over 60% of the projectors on eBay have less than 500 hours of bulb life left. That got me thinking about how much I spent on my last bulb replacement. I checked the listing for my own used Epson and sure enough, the seller buried the bulb info in the fine print. Now I always ask for a bulb hour reading before I even think about buying a used projector. Has anyone else gotten burned by a projectors bulb life when buying secondhand?

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the_wren13h agoMost Upvoted

You ever notice how sellers always seem to "forget" to mention bulb hours until you dig through three paragraphs of tiny text? That 60% stat honestly doesn't surprise me one bit. I got burned real bad on a BenQ where the bulb died after maybe 20 hours of use. Now I treat bulb info like a dealbreaker, no exceptions. It's wild how something so simple can save you a hundred bucks or more if you just ask first.