New Microwave Oven Sharp or LG?

Agreed. No complaint. In real dollar terms though, I paid about five or six times what they are worth now :-( I bet the new units last at least 3 years or more, on average right? TCO is then similar or lower, plus possible interest savings on lower initial outlay.

ie. Things are better now, as with most electronic equipment.

Sharp MW?

Is it? I'll take your word for it, since I haven't had to open it yet.

MrT.

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You guys are forgetting the REAL reason why they make square chambers rather than cylindrical ones. The ADVERTISED capacity is larger for the same external dimensions. Most people want the exterior to be square, or roughly so. And unfortunately most people compare size based on advertised cavity volume.

Therefore considerable education needs to be done by any manufacturer breaking the mould.

MrT.

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I bought a Sharp about 18 months ago. Last week the LCD display disappeared - unit still working though. But I'm a bit pissed off. First time something has failed on me in a long time. I will get in contact soon and see if they will still honour the (out of date) warranty.

Cheers.

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Chris

What a bummer, I visited my aunt yesterday and saw her Sharp's LCD is playing up, lines of dots mssing in the middle. Hers is the same series as the one I bought except that it's an older revision. The LCD module looks pretty much the same though. My mom has an older Sharp with VFD display and still works fine. Maybe it is a wide spread problem with the dot-matrix LCD module or maybe just bad luck.

Please post back what Sharp has to say, it's too late for me but at least it may help other potential buyers.

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I think LG is advertising the internal capacity of round cavity ovens as non-rounded ones. Even though technically incorrect but it makes sense to do so because everyone else is still basing on rectangular cavity even though the corners can't be used.

A similar scenario is happening among LCD manufacturers. Technically response time refers to black/white transition, but some manufacturers advertise grey/grey response time to decieve consumers that their panels are faster. Actually it makes sense to use the grey/grey standard because in real life images seldem go from extreme black to extreme white and back, more often they're from one shade of grey to another.

Someone needs to standardize the terms so consumers can make informed buying decisions.

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p19010101

I didn't thought of using a VCR-STB combo, currently the NEC is a standalone unit next to my bed and the only time I turn it on is when I feel like watching carpenter James cutting holes on the wall using Mircle Blades. Btw Chef Tony is also quite entertaining. However, they are just not entertaining enough to justify for a dedicated STB.

I tried googling but there's virtually nothing on round cavity microwave ovens. Even LG's own website says very little about the advantage of having a round cavity, easy cleaning is about the only selling point. If there's any thermal advantage, wouldn't they have highlighted it using large font and possibly accompanied by a Flash animation showing how efficiently it works?

Maybe there's untold benefits from a cylindrical interior, or maybe patent rights prevent others to follow suit. I guess average consumers would never know until there's some kind official press release. Somehow I don't have much faith in LG's innovations, like the direct-drive thing, Fisher & Paykel has it all along but LG claims they are the first, if I'm not wrong Whirlpool also makes direct-drive washers.

Now LG has the first plasma with build-in HD tuner, I wonder what's stopping other manufacturers to integrate a damn digital tuner for a TV that they sell for thousands of dollars.

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p19010101

Nope, its easier to get an even distribution of the microwave energy with a round cavity.

Corse the square one with a turntable may well be uniform enough too.

Fraid not.

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Rod Speed

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It is for some cooking, it senses when its time to stop rather than doing it entirely on time, and having to adjust the time after weighing.

In theory it is, in practice it probably doesnt mattter much.

Someone has just reported a sharp dying outside 1 year and inside 2.

I doubt anyone really knows.

The other important things are a set of 10 digits for the timer, not the rather silly system of separate buttons for each digit in the time. And some food like pies is better with a convection microwave.

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