Replaced lamp on my Mitsubishi 82 in dlp. after 15 minutes pic started to flicker losing color. was advised to also change lamp ballast, did that but still flickers with new lamp. put old lamp back in tv and pic does not flicker. could replacement lamp be defective? should anything else be replaced? need help.....

I replaced a lamp in a JVC DLP tv recently and was pleasantly surprised to find the bulbs heavily discounted via Amazon. I did have to take it out of the replacement cage and transplant it into the original one as the replacement didn't fit correctly. If your lamps are similarly on sale maybe try another. Most of the projector bulbs are being phased out as DLP is an obsolete technology. Plasma and more recently LED-LCD have eclipsed them. I replaced a lamp in a JVC DLP tv recently and was pleasantly surprised to find the bulbs heavily discounted via Amazon. I did have to take it out of the replacement cage and transplant it into the original one as the replacement didn't fit correctly. If your lamps are similarly on sale maybe try another. Most of the projector bulbs are being phased out as DLP is an obsolete technology. Plasma and more recently LED-LCD have eclipsed them.