by Craig Rutherford
To take a forward-looking view of the state of the lighting industry circa early 2019, one must almost certainly come to the obvious conclusion: that arc-based sources are in their sunset years. Unlike incandescent sources before them — whose demise was more gradual in part because certain segments of our industry entertained an almost magical belief about the quality of that light source — arc lamps are, for the most part, being supplanted by a technology that provides a nearly equivalent experience to discharge sources, without any of the hassles. LEDs last longer, run cooler, have less onerous disposal requirements, are less susceptible to shock, and have greater color stability across fixtures than arc sources. There are exceptions, but I think it’s fair to say the vast majority of shows these days are going out with LED lighting of some sort, and more and more are using hard-edged fixtures with LED engines providing the light.
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