Product Review: Halogen Retrofit Bulb for Super 8 Projectors

georgef551 Guide 10 days ago

Descripción

This halogen light retrofit kit (company not known, sold under different names) replaces original bulbs used by several projectors. In my case, it works with the Bell & Howell 624A Super 8 Projector, belonging to my father.
This was not the easiest kit to put together, you will need to scan the QR code to see a video on how it's installed, as it isn't that obvious how without it.

VIDEO TUTORIAL: Very well done. Short, to the point, and made it easy to figure out what goes where.

INSTALL: Not very easy. If the tinned wires have solder bulbs (which one wire did), the wire will not go into the projector bulb socket. I had to strip the solder away to get it to go in. There's some fraying, but short enough to not hit anything.

PERFORMANCE: It works. That's about it. You will need a very dark room to get a decent sized image to look good (about 3 feet wide). The output is somewhat dim, and on the orange side.

OVERALL: I give this a C-. Excellent effort to bring life back to an old machine, but nowhere near as bright as the original DJL bulb this used.