Reviews of 2.0 Stereo Tracks

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I am very confused as to why nearly all reviews of 2.0 stereo tracks are only reviewing how they sound on the front Left and Right speakers. This is clearly not how they are meant to be played back, nor is it how they were played in Dolby (or Ultra) Stereo equipped theaters.

2.0 Stereo tracks are meant to be played through Dolby Pro Logic on your receiver. This is not a matter of opinion or personal taste, this is fact. The booklets of many a Criterion blu even instruct you to do so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolby_Stereo

2.0 is just a delivery system for Dolby (or Ultra) which consist of four audio tracks: Front Left, Center, Front Right, mono Surround. The four channels get folded down to two, then get unfolded back into the proper four by your receiver's Dolby Pro Logic processor. Dolby Stereo at home works exactly like it did in the theater. Never in the history of Dolby Stereo was the sound played only out of the front L and R speaker, so why do so many play their 2.0 tracks this way at home?

My guess is that so many (nearly all, actually) reviews are analyzing the tracks incorrectly because the reviewers simply don't know about how it works and are actually only using their front L and R speakers for the reviews.

Surround sound has been around since the 50's (magnetic), then was more readily available in the 70's (Dolby optical) yet so many people think it started with 5.1

I've been posting about this recently in a few other threads, but figured it was time to bring this to as many people's attention as possible. Sorry for any repetition.