Buying A Projection Lamp. I recently (February 2010) purchased a replacement lamp from advancedlamps.com for a ae3000u. First, the lamp arrived "unhinged" from the chassis. I had to reseat the bulb for it to fit. I had them note this on my order. So, I installed the lamp in the projector. Amazingly, and to my dismay, this "new" lamp was dimmer than my 2700 hour OEM "old" lamp! To say I am ...