Which is more important for high performance or low cost?

Lighting market as a whole presents a 'downward Competition' situation. The cost of LED is only about 20%-25% of the total cost of the lamp, so it reduces the influence of reducing the total cost. Thus, LED system design becomes more important than the LED itself. LED is important, but the system design is the key. The overall system stability is the weakest link. Although the LED supplier can determine the reliability of LED, but other parts of the LED system is not broken, also need to be guaranteed.

In addition, RayChock believes that the design of a complete LED, the factors to be considered should include the cost, light efficiency, reliability, light quality, light and color. RayChock, color temperature change, angle color, color rendering and light uniformity are important parameters to test the quality of light. In addition, the influence of the light source size on the quality of the light is also very large.

Today, the market price of LED bulbs emerge. In this regard, RayChock said that in the face of many low-cost LED bulbs, consumers in the choice of products will no longer just pay attention to the price. Compared with the low light but poor performance, consumers will be more willing to buy expensive products with high luminous efficiency. LED manufacturers should look for other ways to maintain a favorable competitive position, to prevent being eliminated by the market. And a new technology from the proposed to be adopted by most consumers, and then to be replaced by other technologies, known as the use of technology life cycle.

Which is more important for high performance or low cost?

Technology adoption life cycle as a bell curve, the curve of consumers will adopt new technology process is divided into five stages: innovators, early adopters, early and late mass mass and backward, the proportion is respectively 2.5%, 13.5%, 34%, 34% and 16%. RayChock cites this curve to show the adoption cycle of solid state lighting technology. With the technology adoption life cycle, the solid-state lighting cycle is divided into five stages: early adopters, lamp replacement, innovative light experience and appearance, daily necessities and alternative technologies, represents the rise and decline of future solid-state lighting.

RayChock said that in 2014, solid-state lighting market is in the early stages of innovative lighting experience and appearance. With the improvement of life quality, people on the lighting requirements no longer stay in the "bright enough", but more relighting experience, aesthetic appearance and intelligent setting etc.. In terms of architectural lighting, the lighting requirements have been divorced from the traditional concept of lighting, pay more attention to color adjustability, color stability and color changes with the angle. Here, the pursuit of high efficiency market is not so important, building lighting has from functional lighting into the pursuit of artistic beauty.