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Originally Posted by The Philpott
It was repeated ad infinitum in the 'eighties as a sort of 'did you know' story, that 1000hr domestic lamp life was enforced by an industry cartel and better lamps vis-a-vis life AND lumens could be made if they wanted to make them.
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The rumoured better ones were probably halogen lamps and they were in fact marketed already in the 1980's even though they may not have sold too well for home use and drop in halogen replacements for traditional bulbs came much later. I remember reading about extensive research on the then new technology in Philips technical reviews from the (I think) 1960's.