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Guys he is asking for "local"!

You can try a TV service stores, they usually can order them for you or carry them in store. But your cheapest would be online.

In Surrey, there is a place called Universal and they sell lamps but probably for double the price you would pay online.

Mystery solved... I am becoming my own expert helping my own self :) lol Apparently, without input the service menu will not come up. You must have an active input (cable, dish, dvd, etc. on whatever input source) and then bring up the service menu. Hopefully somebody will find this information help...

UPDATE.

I also noticed that I can't access my service menu (created another thread for this).

My final observation is that the lamp might actually getting old because the colors are very dark and dark scenes are waaaay too dark.

Please share your advice.

Thanks

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