I know this is an old thread revived but I'll add this. On my civic I couldn't afford the $200+ genuine Honda headlights, besides even when new the Honda lights for the 96 were NEVER that good anyway! I bought some TYC for the civic at like $38/each! What could I lose at that price? Actually they do put out a "hot spot" but the light output (spread patter) is actually more defined than the original! Is it perfect? No.. But is it an improvement over the stock lights (when new, of course), definitely!
I think it all depends on what vehicle the lights are going to be in, but in my case, I haven't been disappointed.