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Panasonic, prestige 1-1/5 cu feet stainless steel microwave, one-touch sensor cook and reheat, 1300-watt of high power, inverter technology, inverter turbo defrost, programming dial and button panel for easy programming, 13 1/2-inch turntable, 4-digit readout, reflective mirror door, 10-level power settings, interactive mutli-lingual screen, more/less control feature, keep warm feature, popcorn key, quick minute, delay start and timer, 120-volt, stainless front and painted silver wrap.
I was a little hesitant to buy this microwave because of some negative feedback about it's display. My fears were put to rest. It might be that I'm not very tall and therefore am at a good viewing angle, but I have no trouble reading the display. I haven't used all of its features, but the ones that I have used work well. It's an attractive microwave and I like the size of it. Over all, I'm satisfied! but with a few caveats
1) I had read other reviews regarding the unreadability of the display on this and similar Panasonic microwaves, but didn't fully appreciate the problem until it was set up on my counter top. The display is unreadable above 45 degrees from the horizontal, which means that at arm's length to operate the controls, you must bend over to see the display. My solution, which was to build a stand to raise the top of the microwave up to the bottom of the cabinets, made the display high enough to be (barely) readable while standing up, but is probably not acceptable to a lot of people. Panasonic should have caught this in testing and provided a flip-up display that could be adjusted to the installation.
2) Also as mentioned in some of the other reviews, the door release button requires so much force (at least when new) that the unit will skid across the counter-top unless you hold it with your other hand. Mine is mounted in the corner, where it has some stability, but it is still marginal.
3) This unit replaced a Panasonic in which the touch-pad controls died, and the buttons here are indeed logical and have a good solid feel to them. It does take some time to learn programming without a touch-pad, but that shouldn't be an overall issue in your decision.
4) Panasonic could do themselves a favor by better explaining the benefits of the terms Turbo, Inverter, and Sensor, as this microwave indeed performs very, very well after you get over some of the other problems.
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