This, regarding my US pre-order, via email:
[Annoying. I do have a player that will handle the European-standard disc, but I suppose it would be smarter to wait for the 60Hz disc that will supposedly work on any player I may acquire in the future. But I do not understand why these small labels and indies all seem to have to learn everything from scratch, on their own, for these BD releases.]
BIG BIG TRAIN
STONE & STEEL RELEASE DATE:
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
After lengthy consideration, we have made a difficult decision to push back the release date for the Stone & Steel Blu-ray and download film to Monday 4th July 2016 for countries outside UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, India, China, Australia and New Zealand (referred to as ‘Rest of the World” for this release.)
We have been carrying out tests of the pre-production pressing of the Blu-ray and have been liaising with industry consultants. We have a concern that the Blu-ray may not play correctly on a small number of Blu-ray players in the rest of the world. It is impossible to identify exactly how many players may be affected (it is more likely to be older players) and so we have decided to produce a second pressing for the markets which may be affected. This pressing will meet all of the technical requirements of those markets.
We believe that the initial pressing meets all technical requirements in UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, India, China, Australia and New Zealand.
We do apologise for the inconvenience and for any disappointment. We have developed considerable expertise in audio releases in recent years. However, Stone & Steel is our first video release and it has proven to be a steep learning curve for us. Unfortunately, the technical aspects of producing a video release for different worldwide markets are extremely complicated
If you wish to cancel your order and receive a full refund, please reply directly to this email with a request. Include your full name and address and a heading of ‘Stone & Steel Refund’.
We have produced a technical briefing by Neil Palfreyman which you may find helpful in determining whether your Blu-ray player and TV could in fact play the initial pressing ok. Here is a link to the briefing http://www.bigbigtrain.com/Stone_And...l_Briefing.pdf
If you wish to be sent a copy of the initial pressing on a strictly no returns, no refund basis please reply directly to this email with a request. Include your full name and address and a heading of ‘Stone & Steel Now’. We will start shipping copies of the initial pressing on Thursday 17th March 2016.
If you do not reply to this email, we will ship a second pressing copy of Stone & Steel to you just before the release date of Monday, 4th July 2016.
Kind Regards,
Big Big Train
11 March 2016.
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