i think its worth pointing out that i think even gml stopped short of directly accusing hlg of using inferior bin diodes from what they claim they are using.
he said something like when in talks with his new light manufacturer that they offered to build him a "cheat light" using all top of the top bins which he could send for in testing to inflate his figures, his new manufacturer mate implied that everyone does this.
he then went on to talk about how hlg's test figures didnt match his figures when he paid to have a couple of hlg's lights independantly tested, now everyone is taking this as proof the hlg has been up to no good and swapping out diodes.
the discrepancy in the testing figures could as easily explained by light labouratories inconsistent testing results, gml's own light tested around 10% higher than i should have. hlg might have had these lights tested multiple times and chose to publish just the best results... not great yer but it doesnt necessarily mean they are doing the diode switcharoo.
the issue could also be down to samsung, there has been talk before about real world testing numbers not matching up to what samsung state on the data sheets...
as for alibababa lights being better than hlg lights well i think its safe to say if hlg have been "at it", the alibaba crew are defo "at it"
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