SBBCal
Well-Known Member
I just looked them up.your right. I could of swore the v series (the one that looks like sf) used different diodes than samsung. I remember being like “WTF why?” Bc they had just come out with the XS series. Strange on the availability bc during that time both arrow and digikey didn’t spike their prices on Samsung .Viparspectra still uses Samsung Diodes (LM281B+) in their lower level fixtures.
In terms of "shortage", that doesn't necessarily mean that they're unavailable, it could just mean that because there are less available they are more expensive.