tv people in here...i have questions

Well then my friend it appears you take all the necessary precautions, id say do exactly as you are going to, get a legit bulb, see if your still having issues. “Cheaper” bulbs just have shitty filaments. If you still have an issue it could be something else, but as I said generaly if there is a power problem it either wont work at all or it will work very briefly.