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Quote from: blue moon on May 27, 2015, 10:32:36 AMQuote from: sqslabs on May 27, 2015, 10:25:56 AMSo forgive me if this is a stupid question, but wouldn't an easy solution be to create groups of 3-4 LEDs, each producing a different wavelength, and lay those out in strips? Would this not emulate the multi-spectral properties of a MH?it would, but at the expense of the total power at required frequency. If you split it across four different wavelengths, the usable power could be as low as one quarter of the rated power.pierre...Unless we get the screen 4 times closer.
Quote from: sqslabs on May 27, 2015, 10:25:56 AMSo forgive me if this is a stupid question, but wouldn't an easy solution be to create groups of 3-4 LEDs, each producing a different wavelength, and lay those out in strips? Would this not emulate the multi-spectral properties of a MH?it would, but at the expense of the total power at required frequency. If you split it across four different wavelengths, the usable power could be as low as one quarter of the rated power.pierre
So forgive me if this is a stupid question, but wouldn't an easy solution be to create groups of 3-4 LEDs, each producing a different wavelength, and lay those out in strips? Would this not emulate the multi-spectral properties of a MH?
LED will end up being cheap in a few years and people will not be using MH units unless they are dinosaurs I suspect.
Quote from: GraphicDisorder on May 27, 2015, 02:00:06 PMLED will end up being cheap in a few years and people will not be using MH units unless they are dinosaurs I suspect.Nothing to do with price, everything to do with fully cross-linking screens while retaining detail. It ain't there yet.
Quote from: ebscreen on May 27, 2015, 04:26:50 PMQuote from: GraphicDisorder on May 27, 2015, 02:00:06 PMLED will end up being cheap in a few years and people will not be using MH units unless they are dinosaurs I suspect.Nothing to do with price, everything to do with fully cross-linking screens while retaining detail. It ain't there yet.The context of my post wasn't about today's price. I did clearly say end up being cheap. Which yes doesn't have anything to do with price today, correct. My point was in a few years when LED's are super cheap and the price on these units go down nobody is going to buy a MH anymore in the typical shop.