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| Level42:
My guess is Spyri is trying to reproduce the warm light of the original incadescent bulbs as much as possible... |
| Spyridon:
--- Quote from: Level42 on October 20, 2009, 06:20:33 pm ---My guess is Spyri is trying to reproduce the warm light of the original incadescent bulbs as much as possible... --- End quote --- Yeah, Yeah...that's it. Actually, those are the bulbs that were in there and I didn't change anything. I did think that it looked a bit too yellow but I haven't given it much thought yet on what I'll end up with. I may consider those white light bulbs if the yellow bugs me. |
| opt2not:
--- Quote from: Spyridon on October 21, 2009, 03:54:59 pm --- --- Quote from: Level42 on October 20, 2009, 06:20:33 pm ---My guess is Spyri is trying to reproduce the warm light of the original incadescent bulbs as much as possible... --- End quote --- Yeah, Yeah...that's it. Actually, those are the bulbs that were in there and I didn't change anything. I did think that it looked a bit too yellow but I haven't given it much thought yet on what I'll end up with. I may consider those white light bulbs if the yellow bugs me. --- End quote --- I say keep the yellow, it feels warmer and goes well with the yellow colour of the cabinet. Besides, like Level said, it's original! Just my opinion though. Your cabinet is still wicked awesome regardless! |
| WunderCade:
I am conflicted over this too. Mine has the original incandescent bulbs and it is rather yellow compared to my other cabs. I've been considering switching over to the daylight (white) ones just so the cab's lighting matches the others. |
| Level42:
Well Midway shouldn't have switched to incandescent in the first place. Galaxian production started with decent fluorescent fixtures but switched to the incandescent set-up later in production, probably to save a buck or two. They're responsible for quite some waste of energy and CO2 production because of that, seeing Pac Man's production numbers. Besides that I can't think op's were happy with it, higher electricity bill but probably much more important for them in those days, exchanging blown-up bulbs pretty regularly compared to fluorescent. Also the fluorescent tube gave a much better spread and even light. However, if you strive for originality, I'd opt for the yellow looking lights for the Pac too. With all it's drawbacks in looks, it is how it was.And by using those fluorescent versions the energy issue is solved. I do find those SF pictures before and after interesting though. At first sight I prefered the left (yellow) one because of it's warmer tone. But after some looking, the one with the daylight produces much brighter colors, the difference in colors is much more noticable. Very interesting, since I tend to buy warm (yellow) colored fluorescents if they don't work anymore in the cabs I work on. It might be better to try a white one next time, they are also considerably cheaper. |
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