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Battery, power & lifetime

Light source life: typical values for projectors

Half of projectors in the catalog have light source life below 20,000 h, and 80% fall between 4,000 h and 30,000 h (527 models with data).

Median20,000 h
Median 202620,000 h
Typical range4,000 h – 30,000 h
Models527
Distribution

How light source life is distributed

04386129172010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00055,0000–5,000: 785,000–10,000: 3910,000–15,000: 615,000–20,000: 720,000–25,000: 17225,000–30,000: 5130,000–35,000: 14135,000–40,000: 040,000–45,000: 445,000–50,000: 050,000–55,000: 1755,000–60,000: 12Median 20,000 h
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Light source life4,000 h20,000 h20,000 h30,000 h30,000 h

A model at the 75th percentile beats three quarters of the catalog on this spec.

Trends

Median light source life by year

0 h7,500 h15,000 h22,500 h30,000 h201820192020202120222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Highest light source life

1 ULTIMEA Apollo P20
ULTIMEA · 2022
Apollo P20
1920 × 1080 (Full HD)300 lmLED1.2 kg
100,000 h
6.6
2 AOpen QF13s
AOpen · 2026
QF13s
1920 × 1080 (Full HD)280 lmLED1.9 kg
100,000 h
4.9
3 ULTIMEA Poseidon E40
ULTIMEA · 2023
Poseidon E40
1920 × 1080 (Full HD)1,000 lmLED3.15 kg
100,000 h
7.3
4 ULTIMEA Apollo P40
ULTIMEA · 2022
Apollo P40
1920 × 1080 (Full HD)700 lmLED2.47 kg
100,000 h
4.4
5 ULTIMEA Nova C40
ULTIMEA · 2024
Nova C40
1920 × 1080 (Full HD)600 lmLED2.9 kg
100,000 h
4.5
6 TopVision TYY0013-DE
TopVision · 2022
TYY0013-DE
1280 × 800 (WXGA)LED0.95 kg
90,000 h
7 ViewSonic M1X
ViewSonic · 2026
M1X
854 × 480 (480p)LED0.8 kg
60,000 h
8 ViewSonic X2-4KB Pro
ViewSonic · 2025
X2-4KB Pro
3840 × 2160 (4K UHD)3,300 lmLED3.68 kg
60,000 h
5.3
9 ViewSonic LSD300W-ST
ViewSonic · 2025
LSD300W-ST
1280 × 800 (WXGA)3,300 lmLED2.85 kg
60,000 h
8.0
10 ViewSonic X1-4K Pro
ViewSonic · 2026
X1-4K Pro
3840 × 2160 (4K UHD)2,500 lmLED3.68 kg
60,000 h
7.7

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