Johnno Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Are the HPL lamps substiitutes for any of the T series lamps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Nope. The HPL is purely for the Source Four series of lanterns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnno Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Ta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 The HPL is purely for the Source Four series of lanterns.And <coughs> for those <more coughs> copies/knock-offs of the S4 range! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 And <coughs> for those <more coughs> copies/knock-offs of the S4 range! The only people this makes happy are lawyers. I don't like happy lawyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 And <coughs> for those <more coughs> copies/knock-offs of the S4 range! The only people this makes happy are lawyers. I don't like happy lawyers.I'm afraid I'm reasonably happy with this, too! Whilst I have half a dozen pukka S4 Pars, I also have in theatre's inventory a dozen or so copies - bought I hasten to add from a reputable source - that serve us well.The fact that there is presumably still some sort of legal battle against the (Chinese?) knock-off artistes is irrelevent to the end users like us. Whether there is a moral issue to be considered is another story, but one I'd challenge - there are few of us who've NOT used a Chinese (or other) copy of something somewhere along the line...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 I'd go as far as to say that the only people it doesn't make happy are the ones who paid for the original research, design and advertising. The Chinese (or whatever) company makes money and lots of venues, technicians and designers get to use a quality and quantity of kit they otherwise might not be able to. After all what percentage of the worlds market can actually afford high end western prices? OK so we all know it's evil and is killing the industry (like tapes killed off music) but I don't think you can claim they don't benefit a lot of people in the short term at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampman Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Put the question the other way: is there a list of substitute bulbs for the HPLs which are not always easy to find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Put the question the other way: is there a list of substitute bulbs for the HPLs which are not always easy to find?No. The HPL has the fitted heatsink which is, as I understand it, part of the patented design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 At least one manufacturer used to produce removable heatsinks that allowed you to use their standard GY9.5 lamps in them however for reasons best known to ETC and the manufacturers I don't think anyone still does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul the paranoid lampy Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 if memory serves me right the lamp was a GKV with a "sink", I beleive that when the HPL fisrt came out it was quiet expencive compared to other lamps on the market at the time, but as time went by and the S4 changed the market, the lamps came down in price, hence people used more HP'sL not GKV 'sas far as I know nobody still make the Sink (correct me if I am wrong)I supose the sink is still useful if you want to balance a SL or similar and S4 rig to the same colour.hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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