Osram Sylvania has released a  piece of news that home improvement store Lowes will unseat the 60-watt incandescent bulbs with 12 watts Sylvania's general-purpose LED bulb.

According to Osram Sylvania, the Ultra A-Line bulb will be available online in November and in all Lowe's stores by the second quarter of 2011. The price will $39.98, while Home Depot is selling a 60-watt replacement LED from Philips at the price of $39.97.
 
The Sylvania Ultra A-Line 12-watt LED, which is dimmable, gives off 810 lumens of light, slightly more than Philips’ LED. The color temperature is 2,700 Kelvin, which means it will have yellow color similar to an incandescent. The color rendering index, a measurement of accuracy, is 90. The rated life is 25,000 hours.
 
LED bulbs in this category are significant because millions of 60-watt incandescent and equivalent compact florescent bulbs are sold every year. Also, these latest LEDs, are designed for general lighting, such as desk lamps and overhead fixtures.
 
According to a company representative, Osram Sylvania intends to make a brighter LED which would give off as much light as a 75-watt incandescent which will be available in 2011.

In addition to making brighter lights, manufacturers are seeking to ramp up the volume of LED bulb production to lower the price of general-purpose LED bulbs.
 
As a result, some lighting company executives predicts that LED bulbs in the 800 lumen category will cost less than $10 within two years.