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Battery, power & lifetime

Light source life (eco mode): typical values for projectors

Half of projectors in the catalog have light source life (eco mode) below 15,000 h, and 80% fall between 10,000 h and 30,000 h (149 models with data).

Median15,000 h
Median 202630,000 h
Typical range10,000 h – 30,000 h
Models149
Distribution

How light source life (eco mode) is distributed

0122436484,0005,0007,00010,00015,00025,00030,0004,000: 24,500: 15,000: 36,000: 17,000: 17,500: 210,000: 4812,000: 515,000: 1320,000: 1525,000: 1130,000: 47Median 15,000 h
Percentile10 %25 %50 %75 %90 %
Light source life (eco mode)10,000 h10,000 h15,000 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 (eco mode) by year

0 h10,000 h20,000 h30,000 h40,000 h20182020202120222023202420252026
Recent leaders

Highest light source life (eco mode)

1 ViewSonic LS630HD
ViewSonic · 2025
LS630HD
1920 × 1080 (Full HD)4,000 lmLaser3 kg
30,000 h
6.5
2 BenQ TK705i
BenQ · 2025
TK705i
3840 × 2160 (4K UHD)3,000 lmLED3.8 kg
30,000 h
7.6
3 Acer HL6518i
Acer · 2026
HL6518i
1920 × 1080 (Full HD)4,000 lmLaser3.4 kg
30,000 h
6.8
4 BenQ X3100i
BenQ · 2023
X3100i
3840 × 2160 (4K UHD)3,300 lmLED6.8 kg
30,000 h
8.2
5 ViewSonic LX720-4K
ViewSonic · 2025
LX720-4K
3840 × 2160 (4K UHD)3,500 lmLaser3.5 kg
30,000 h
7.8
6 AOpen PV12a
AOpen · 2022
PV12a
854 × 480 (480p)800 lmLED0.4 kg
30,000 h
7.5
7 BenQ W4100i
BenQ · 2025
W4100i
3840 × 2160 (4K UHD)3,200 lmLED6.1 kg
30,000 h
6.7
8 AOpen PV12p
AOpen · 2023
PV12p
854 × 480 (480p)800 lmLED0.4 kg
30,000 h
7.5
9 BenQ W2720i
BenQ · 2024
W2720i
3840 × 2160 (4K UHD)2,500 lmLED6.4 kg
30,000 h
8.5
10 BenQ GV50
BenQ · 2024
GV50
1920 × 1080 (Full HD)500 lmLaser2.1 kg
30,000 h
6.3

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