When the replacement bulbs could only be purchased from third party vendors at about the same cost as a brand new flat screen LCD TV, we knew it was time to move on.

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The 80%-20% sales split today between traditional and CFL bulbs in the U.S. today will reverse within five years, Yan says, helping to create demand for hundreds of millions of replacement bulbs globally.

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