Projector tech
Real buyer questions on projector tech, answered in plain terms.
That is the rainbow effect, a known characteristic of single-chip DLP projectors, and it is not a fault with your unit. It is how the technology draws colour.
Projector techFirst localise it: pause on a plain white image, then look at what the artefact does. That one test tells you which of three things you have.
Projector techA projector that has grown louder is telling you about heat, and the message is usually about the filter rather than the fan.
Projector techManufacturers publish rated hours per model and per picture mode, and that is the reference: check the official spec page for your projector rather than any figure I could give you here. Real life then varies with how you use it and where it lives, and that part is under your control.
Projector techThree causes, and I check them in this order: geometry, focus uniformity, installation drift.
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