GE Cinema Fluorescent provide predictable color
for standard film processing.

In the entertainment industry, the use of color film has always been based on ungsten incandescent lighting. With the introduction of fluorescent lighting in 1939 it was discovered that cool white fluorescent and triphosphor lamps did not work well with film. Extensive filtering was required, resulting in loss of light and added cost and labor.

GE Cinema fluorescent lamps have phosphor blends which better match daylight (5540º K) and tungsten (3200º K) spectra. This provides predictable color for standard film processing, without the need for expensive filtering.

GE Cinema 32 and 55 in T8 and T12 sizes have corrected these deficiencies with products that now have CRI’s of 95 and colors that respond to the spectra sensitivity curves of film and electronic imaging media.

GE’s Cinema 32 and 55 offer the option of exclusive shatter-resistance covRguard® that helps contain glass fragments if the lamps are broken. This reduces the possibility of glass-related injuries to irreplaceable talent, damage to expensive sets, contamination of delicate equipment or missed deadlines.

GE’s covRguard® process wraps the Cinema lamps in a full 15 mil thick casing of GE’s exclusive Lexan® that helps contain the glass, phosphor and chemicals if the lamp is broken. Unlike many other shatter resistant lamps, GE’s covRguard® lamps require no assembly. The covRguard® process offers maximum protection with minimum light loss… the lowest loss of initial light of any shielded product.