Araca 5J.JEE05.001 (OEM Original Bulb) Projector Lamp with Housing for Benq HT2050 HT2150ST HT2050A HT3050 W1110 W1210ST W2000 W2000+ Replacement Lamp

I put this in my cart in November 2023, but decided to sleep on it before purchasing. The next day, the price had gone down to less than $90 as a Black Friday deal, so I decided to go for it. The bulb made an immediate improvement to the image quality and brightness, and it continues to perform well, one year later. I use the projector nightly, and at 1200 hours, it's still looking great. At this point, I have gotten my money's worth, and I would buy another one without hesitation.

This fully assembled lamp module cost less than bare Osram bulbs from other suppliers. Araca provides a quality fully-assembled lamp module, comprehensive written instructions, an extended warranty card, and even a white cotton glove to facilitate a fingerprint-free installation. My good old BenQ W1070 projector is back to its full brightness. I would recommend this lamp module to anyone with a 1070 or 1080 series BenQ projector.

First the good, the bulb was very easy to install and posed no problems in operation; while it lasted this bulb provided a beautiful and bright image. Unfortunately the bad which ruined everything before it, the bulb didn't even last 5 months. Bought at end of June installed in August and died on Thanksgiving day. Same usage level as original bulb which lasted years.

I was befuddled because I installed this replacement bulb, and the picture came up very dim with one slightly brighter spot at the top of the screen and a large blue-tinted splotch in the middle. After taking it back out, I noticed that there was a heat mark on the plate that interfaces the bulb into the optics--and this heat mark showed a circle, where the hole where the optics go was right on the corner edge of that circle. I deduced that the bulb was okay, but I was only seeing the outer edge of its light pattern through the projector.Discovered after comparing the replacement bulb with the OEM bulb, that the entire bulb was around 30 degrees crooked inside its heat-sink housing. There are apparently a couple of clips there that hold the bulb flush to the housing and it had come out of one of them on one side. After snapping that back into place and reinstalling, picture was very bright and clear.Installation: Two screws with catchments to remove the projector cover piece, and then a single mounting screw to install the bulb and heat sink housing. Very easy. Package also came with a Philip's screwdriver and a cotton glove to avoid scratching any optics.Picture: As good as I remember the OEM bulb being at the start of its life. Definitely brighter than the OEM bulb at the end of its life that it replaced.Reliability: I'm still in the first hour of operation, so we shall see.

This was a perfect solution for my projector. Worked great. Installation was a bit of a chore, but that's not the problem of the bulb itself. All in all, I'd purchase one again if I ever needed to.

Bulb was easy to replace. The power cable fell apart while I was going to plug it in so I just popped the one off my original bulb and used it. Very happy with the picture brightness and clarity.

I purchased this bulb from this seller to avoid the insane cost of ordering directly from BenQ. The bulb swap was easy and I noticed a distinct difference in the picture quality after the bulb change. Now let's see how many hours I'll get out of it.

We all fear that moment when when we push the power button a few months after that lamp warning goes off. When the bulb goes so does the functionality of the space. It's refreshing to know for a fair price and a YouTube video you can have a brand new projector. It was an easy three steps once you get into the face plate. Feel free to tug on it good and proper to get it off, just two screws for me then remove the one plug and the one screw and swap in and boom, vida. You don't notice how dark your lamp was until you see it again for the first time. If anything it's too bright now! I'm a few weeks in with no issues. Thanks! For realz