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Old 11-09-2018, 12:45 PM   #90 (permalink)
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Just a small correction, it was a incandecent (not LED) bulb that lasts 100 years, but had no interest from manufacturers.
There's no interest because it isn't efficient. I can make a light bulb last 10,000 years. It would be like 2% efficient at putting out light and cost a fortune.

When something fails to come to market, it's because it isn't better. It's not enough to simply last longer than other bulbs.

You're always complaining about LCD and claim CRT is superior. There isn't a conspiracy to obsolete CRT; it isn't power efficient, isn't space efficient, and isn't as cheap to manufacture. Perhaps it has better dynamic range and less ghosting (or whatever the actual technical advantages are), but it simply isn't enough to overcome the advantages of LCD (from the typical consumer perspective).
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