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The BD version was announced for March at one point, and then at a later point in time, they added the UHD version for a May release. They’ve never been scheduled for the same date, and the UHD was a late addition to the schedule.
There was never a conclusive reason given, but it simply be a matter of replication capacity - there are fewer dedicated UHD replication lines than for DVD and BD. It could be that someone at Paramount realized after the fact that SNW is the first new Trek show to actually go through postproduction in 4K, and added it to the schedule. Or it could be timed to go with the new season - though for what it’s worth, none of the P+ Trek shows have had disc releases coinciding with new season premieres before.
My own guess is that they were on the fence internally about whether or not to proceed with that product configuration and once they made the decision, it was no longer possible to have the physical materials produced in time to have all SKUs coming on the same date, but too late to delay the BD version release without creating additional hassles.
I don’t think they actually know when they’re going to launch SNW S2 - but I have no idea if that’s a post-production issue or a scheduling issue.
There was never a conclusive reason given, but it simply be a matter of replication capacity - there are fewer dedicated UHD replication lines than for DVD and BD. It could be that someone at Paramount realized after the fact that SNW is the first new Trek show to actually go through postproduction in 4K, and added it to the schedule. Or it could be timed to go with the new season - though for what it’s worth, none of the P+ Trek shows have had disc releases coinciding with new season premieres before.
My own guess is that they were on the fence internally about whether or not to proceed with that product configuration and once they made the decision, it was no longer possible to have the physical materials produced in time to have all SKUs coming on the same date, but too late to delay the BD version release without creating additional hassles.
I don’t think they actually know when they’re going to launch SNW S2 - but I have no idea if that’s a post-production issue or a scheduling issue.