A year after announcing intentions to bring their high tech, low cost approach to home lighting, Vizio has yet to deliver on their LED promises:
The company’s eco-friendly line of High Efficiency LED bulbs are recyclable, do not contain mercury and boasts a glass-free design to prohibit shattering. With the longest lifespan of any source, including incandescent and CFL, VIZIO’s LED light bulbs last up to twenty-five times longer than incandescent bulbs. While LED light bulbs are known to be efficient, long lasting, cooler running, silent and do not emit UV rays, VIZIO’s new High Efficiency LED lighting line will boast additional benefits. The High Efficiency LED give off a warmer hue of light, reminiscent of a natural source, compared to many other LED options. Additionally, VIZIO High Efficiency LED lighting has tripled the lifespan of CFL bulbs, with up to 25,000 usage hours.
The line of bulbs was expected to launch in mid- to late-2011 at “a Vizio price” but has yet to materialize. Vizio’s press representative will neither confirm nor deny the initiative is dead, responding with “we have no update at this point.” A bummer really, as we’re posed to re-enter the housing market this summer with plans t0 geekify the new pad. Any reasonable alternatives to suggest?