I miss these quality, sturdy GE halogens. GE had all kinds of energy-saving bulbs and the halogens had the red packages and the CFLs had green ones in the early to mid 1990s if I remember correctly.

I agree. In the aughts (2000s). before the advent of good LED PARs, there was a cornucopia of PAR38 halogens to choose from, with rated life up to 6,000 hours. Periodically I go back to my GE, Sylvania and Philips catalogs and re-read about all the different varieties. The HIR versions were the most efficient and expensive to purchase. Think of how many of these heavy glass PARs were produced and installed in department stores! Lots of beam widths to choose from, in both 120 and 130 volt versions. Fun times those were. They are long gone. Very little new product excites me now.