The bulb consumes less than 10 watts while boasting an output of more than 800 lumens.
Cree already advertises an LED lamp it says reaches 200 lumens per watt under some circumstances.
And it is squeezing brighter images from its projectors, a feature measured in lumens per watt.
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The technical milestone the company claims to have achieved is the ability to produce 200 lumens of light per watt.
Lumens can be controlled and modulated for both color and spatial distribution to create smart lights that adjust to the environment or need.
One thousand lumens from a CFL is visually harsh and makes food (and people) look ugly, compared with the same 1, 000 from Edison's incandescence.
We got to check out those 14 lumens of projection power in a dimly lit room, and came away with a pair of impressions.
Efficacy, a measure of how many lumens (a measure of light) can be generated per watt, rose from 15 in 2000 to 160 last year.
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Do we even need to talk about showing the world these under anything less than 4000 lumens, suitable for large or small rooms with daylight conditions?
The result is a relatively warm light, between 3, 000 and 4, 000 kelvin, that generates more than twice as many lumens per-watt as Philips' current LED bulbs.
Up first is the 1080-capable HD81-LV, which pretty much stomps its predecessor in the specs department by offering up 2, 500 ANSI lumens, 12, 000:1 contrast ratio, and HDMI.
The C4 high output LED in this flashlight provides up to 180 lumens of light output and a runtime of 50, 000 hours for reliable and long lived operation.
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Four ENX halogen reflectors combine for 14, 000 lumens of output.
Early pico phones delivered about five lumens per battery watt.
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With 2, 400 lumens of brightness and an extremely high 500, 000:1 contrast ratio, this 1080p (1, 920 x 1, 080 pixels) resolution projector embodies Panasonic's 11 years of home theater projector engineering.
U.S. Department of Energy projections published in April 2012 showed the government had expected the industry would only achieve efficiencies of 160 lumens per watt for LED lamps by 2015.
Mark Van Den Berg, managing director at VantagePoint, says Bridgelux has been able to reduce costs ten-fold and improve performance (on a lumens per watt basis) at least three-fold since 2006.
LEDs can also communicate by electronically modulating the lumens.
Those are the education-focused XD500U-ST -- which packs a paltry XGA (1, 024 x 768) resolution -- and the slightly less mind-numbing XD530U, which touts 3, 000 lumens, an XGA resolution and wireless capabilities.
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Rated Class 1 Division 1 and Class 2 Division 1 this light is fitted with a high performance C4 LED rated at 50, 000 hours of operational life and 180 lumens of output.
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For maximum runtime the switch is held down for ten seconds, activating the light in dim mode and producing a mild 1.3 lumens of light with an extreme runtime of 480 hours.
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While they may never be able to beat LEDs, these new alternatives could match CFLs and will enjoy, for much lower low capital cost, a huge advantage when lumens are needed only occasionally.
The PT-AE8000U comes equipped with a new 220W Red Rich Lamp for increased red intensity and a 2, 400 lumens brightness rating, which enables the projector to produce bright images and deliver stunning color reproduction.
With a brightness of up to 1, 500 lumens and a contrast ratio up to 100, 000:1 projects perfect and crispy content, while the 1080p Full HD resolution allows enjoying HDTV and watching Blu-ray movies in fantastic clarity and detail.
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The small size of the LED light chip allows another advantage arising from the physics of optics: Engineers can employ collaterally small lenses making it possible to efficiently extract, direct and focus the lumens, achieving useful illumination with far fewer lumens--and far less energy--wasted.
In the past, we may have considered a projector-equipped camcorder if the price was right, but with dim output (typically less than 20 lumens) and content options limited to footage you've shot, the available functionality often didn't justify a premium of several hundred dollars.
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The Home Cinema 750HD delivers incredible color and amazing detail, allowing families to enjoy their favorite movies, sports and video games virtually anywhere in high-quality 2D and immersive 3D with up to 3, 000 lumensi of color brightness, 3, 000 lumens of white brightness and exclusive Bright 3D Drive Technology.
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