"Sam Goldwasser" wrote in message
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| "wave" wave@waving writes:
|
| I know only panasonic call it inverter technology but I thought others
could
| be using the same technology without calling it inverter which is only a
| name that panasonic have come up with to give this technology a brand
and of
| course this will be copyrighted so nobody else can use the term inverter
in
| their microwave ovens, i.e a marketing strategy.
|
| Inverter is a common electronic term. It sounds impressive to the masses.
| But, it's a much more complex technology than the traditional 3 component
| high voltage power supply used in the vast majority of microwave ovens.
|
| I don't really see how it's going to be much better at cooking except for
| very short cooking times where the normal cycling doesn't have enough
| resolution, time wise.

It definitely is better. Try defrosting fish without cooking the edges and
you'll see. It's also very hard to cook oatmeal or similar food without it
exploding.

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