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Josuah wrote:
 I've got a Panasonic PT50LC13. 50" that I bought in early 2004. |
I have the same set (well, I gave it to my son last week when we bought a new plasma), and I replaced the lamp late last year after about 4500 hrs. Panasonic had given 10,000 hrs as the estimated lamp life, but I felt pretty lucky since some people had replaced their lamp twice by then. Panasonic extended the lamp warranty to 18 months on that model, apparently due to so many early failures. They also offered a $1000 rebate toward a new set (of at least $1500) if you had three lamp-related failures within the warranty period.
Since you're at 4000 hours and out of warranty, you might consider buying a replacement lamp to have on hand. It's a single slide in module so they're easy to replace (but cost about $300 - Model# TY-LA1000).