manhattan$
Past Member
I was just wondering if any of you guys have a set of these yet? They are supposed to be fantastic and use some sort of new technology and they also give out a more natural white light.
This is a bit of info i was sent:
Every innovation since 1920 has been Philips and they are the world leaders
in both innovation and manufacturing.
The first 'blue' bulb was the Philips BlueVision it was designed to offer
the look of Gas Discharge (HID) in a halogen lamp, this was achieved with a
filter on the quartz glass as is all 'blue' bulbs you seen on the market
today many 'claiming' to be xenon bulbs the description 'xenon' giving the
impression that they are something to do with the real technology 'xenon'
which is what the Europeans also call Gas Discharge or now commonly referred
to as HID (High Intensity Discharge) which as a 'slang' introduced by the
Asian market when they entered the copy and conversion kit market 5 years
ago. Every halogen bulb with a 'blue' effect has a coating on the glass
and the actual light output varies depending on the amount of filter/colour
and also the origins of the bulb and manufacture itself. In the case of a
Philips DiamondVision the colour is a filter as explained and this as in all
the bulbs you see marketed in this way reduces the actual light output,
however, as Philips is the only manufacturer to use Quartz glass they are of
a higher performance than the cheap imports you see everywhere, and will
give more light than standard but it is the colour that people want and
like.
BTW I should add here every halogen lamp regardless of manufacture has xenon
gas in them and it should not be confused with what re-sellers call a xenon
bulb or in some way make you believe that xenon gas improves the light or
gives the colour, this is completely false, xenon gas has a very large atom
size and is present in a greater or smaller extent to prevent the filament
from evaporating too quickly it doesn't do anything else. So ignore all the
marketing jargon and go with real technology and correct science and you
won't go too far wrong.
The high performance lamps such as X-treme Power (+80%) and it's predecessor
VisionPlus (+50%) are not 'fashion' products, these are real performance
innovations and offer much more light (luminance) than a standard in the
case of XP this is up to 80% and is achieved with real technology not colour
or gimmick.
The XP offers a 'white' light and this is achieved in much the same way as
the VP except more so with newer technology, they are quite simply the
brightest/whitest halogen Road legal bulb available. To compare XP with
DiamondVision is therefore, not comparing technology all blue halogen have
'tint' and are a 'fashion' or style choice the XP is the ultimate in
technology offering white light but colour is not the point what they offer
in technology is the ultimate in light output.
They retail at around £30.
I would like to fit a HID kit, but if these are as good as people have been raving about i may go for the cheaper philips option.
This is a bit of info i was sent:
Every innovation since 1920 has been Philips and they are the world leaders
in both innovation and manufacturing.
The first 'blue' bulb was the Philips BlueVision it was designed to offer
the look of Gas Discharge (HID) in a halogen lamp, this was achieved with a
filter on the quartz glass as is all 'blue' bulbs you seen on the market
today many 'claiming' to be xenon bulbs the description 'xenon' giving the
impression that they are something to do with the real technology 'xenon'
which is what the Europeans also call Gas Discharge or now commonly referred
to as HID (High Intensity Discharge) which as a 'slang' introduced by the
Asian market when they entered the copy and conversion kit market 5 years
ago. Every halogen bulb with a 'blue' effect has a coating on the glass
and the actual light output varies depending on the amount of filter/colour
and also the origins of the bulb and manufacture itself. In the case of a
Philips DiamondVision the colour is a filter as explained and this as in all
the bulbs you see marketed in this way reduces the actual light output,
however, as Philips is the only manufacturer to use Quartz glass they are of
a higher performance than the cheap imports you see everywhere, and will
give more light than standard but it is the colour that people want and
like.
BTW I should add here every halogen lamp regardless of manufacture has xenon
gas in them and it should not be confused with what re-sellers call a xenon
bulb or in some way make you believe that xenon gas improves the light or
gives the colour, this is completely false, xenon gas has a very large atom
size and is present in a greater or smaller extent to prevent the filament
from evaporating too quickly it doesn't do anything else. So ignore all the
marketing jargon and go with real technology and correct science and you
won't go too far wrong.
The high performance lamps such as X-treme Power (+80%) and it's predecessor
VisionPlus (+50%) are not 'fashion' products, these are real performance
innovations and offer much more light (luminance) than a standard in the
case of XP this is up to 80% and is achieved with real technology not colour
or gimmick.
The XP offers a 'white' light and this is achieved in much the same way as
the VP except more so with newer technology, they are quite simply the
brightest/whitest halogen Road legal bulb available. To compare XP with
DiamondVision is therefore, not comparing technology all blue halogen have
'tint' and are a 'fashion' or style choice the XP is the ultimate in
technology offering white light but colour is not the point what they offer
in technology is the ultimate in light output.
They retail at around £30.
I would like to fit a HID kit, but if these are as good as people have been raving about i may go for the cheaper philips option.
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