Possibly because Phillips doesn't want to cater to the horticultural market … if they saw us growers as a market they wanted to go after you can be pretty much assured they would bring a de 1000 watt CMH bulb to market.
I so would like to think these new 1000 watt de CMH can compete with the de
Gavita's.
Philips most definitely caters to the horticultural market. Their line of green power HPS, cmh, and led are top of the line (maybe not led)and sell more than any other brand. Not sure where the untrue rumor about them discontinuing the their gp cmh because dope growers use it started, they literally sell
thousands probably 10s of thousands to dope growers worldwide daily. They know who's buying and I'm sure don't give a shit. They'd probably denounce dope growers in public because they are literally the worlds largest lighting company worth billions and canna is illegal( and a small portion of their market) it would look bad for them.
The de design improves the efficiency/longevity of HPS but probably not the cmh considering it does nothing to improve the efficiency/longetivity of standard mh( they make those already). A 1000w would just make it easier for warehouse guys with high ceilings cuz of fewer fixtures. There's lots of guys in that situation already doing
gavita numbers or close to with 315s and 630 fixtures kw wise