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Dear Gary:
I will tell you that your early issues are wonderful. The detailed information provided by your staff writers and guests is beyond what any audio or video publication today—yes, even Widescreen Review—publishes. I read each issue with a highlighter in my hand, underlining as I read. These early issues are textbook in their educational and instructive value.
Have you ever considered re-publishing any of these articles, say, as an early archive column, in current editions of WSR? For instance, Home Theater Surround Sound..Doing It Right by Peter Moncrieff and the addendum thereto by Gary Reber, in Volume 4, Number 4, Issue 15 is really good stuff and still current by today’s standards. Also, articles by Joe Kane and others make for very good reading. There are many, many more examples of articles that I am sure your present subscribers would love to read.
I wish to order more back issues and was wondering if you can tell me if the Pioneer Elite CLD 99 LaserDisc player was ever reviewed? WSR went from using the CLD 97 as a reference player to the CLD 99, and I was wondering what research was involved. I have two CLD 99s and still watch more LaserDiscs than Blu-ray Discs, and I would like to read a review article, if available.
Also, can you tell me if RF demodulators (for AC-3 Dolby® surround sound) were ever reviewed and, if yes, in which issue?
Ken Ward, Jr.
Editor-In-Chief and Publisher Gary Reber Comments:
Thank you for your praise of Widescreen Review, especially our history over the past 16 years. You will be pleased to learn that we are working to post every issue we have ever published on our Web site, available to our subscribers free of charge, and these issues are laid out in digital format to appear as they were in print, even with the original ads that appeared in each issue. Every article, including the Moncrieff/Reber one you reference, plus reviews, including your inquiries, will be there soon. You can search content in several ways.
Furthermore, our monthly eNewsletter contains selected archival articles whose content we believe is just as current today as it was in years’ past. You can sign up for our FREE eNewsletter by visiting widescreenreview.com/newsletter.
You can E-mail Widescreen Review @ editorgary@widescreenreview.com