A website touting the Sylvania SilverStar headlight bulb says it provides "up to 30 percent" greater visibility down the road. That sounds impressive until you read the fine print: "compared with ...

Some of the brightest legal bulbs available are the Philips X-tremeVision, Sylvania SilverStar Ultra, and GE Nighthawk Platinum. Both HID and LED bulbs provide better visibility compared to ...

Early adopters of LED lighting will remember 50,000 hour or even 100,000 hour lifetime ratings printed on the box. But during a recent trip to the hardware store the longest advertised lifetime I ...

It's always important to have good lighting, but some spaces require a little extra -- and that's why you should have an LED floodlight bulb. To name a few places that would benefit from one ...

The red gaskets in our new bulbs were thicker and stiffer than the Sylvania Silverstar bulbs we replaced, so they needed a very firm push on the aluminum heat sink. Our bulbs came with additional ...

Both of these bulb types lose light output over time ... When you want a simple replacement halogen, familiar brands like ...

There are four ways of getting smart lighting into and around your home, and they aren’t necessarily mutually exclusive. The easiest and least expensive way is to buy smart bulbs for your ...

PLATINUM group metals (PGMs) mid-cap Sylvania Platinum is sizing up new opportunities in an effort to inject esprit into its share price. So far, the company’s approach of sure and steady has failed ...

LED lights have largely taken over the market, but in some places, you can still get classic incandescent bulbs. There are some effects that LEDs can’t quite mimic yet. One of those is the magi ...

If you want to fill your garden with colour next spring, plant bulbs from October to December, before the first frost. Daffodils, tulips, crocus, grape hyacinths and fritillarias are just some of ...

A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry's beats included smart home tech, lighting, appliances, broadband and home networking. Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural ...

In the early days of energy conservation, everyone recommended replacing incandescent bulbs with fluorescent bulbs because the latter consumed less electricity. But few people liked the tradeoff ...