Finally! An explanation from Blackmagic - Andrew got it right.

[pipkato]

http://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1288

[galenb]

I love the transparency here. There aren't a lot of businesses that let people know exactly what's been going on like this. But it is good to see this happening more and more.

Recently Luxology who make Modo (a 3D graphics program) and the Foundry who make FX software like Nuke, keylight, furnace etc. merged. When they did, they published tons of details on the merger and did a huge interview and talked about how the merger came about and how it will affect everyone. It's pretty refreshing to see these companies getting out there and talking to people and showing that they are just people themselves who have great successes but also failures too.

[richg101]

sounds to me like sabotage...

[andy lee]

I dont think this is a BAE Systems sensor like we have all been allegedly speculating..
BAE are a military contractor ......and must be used to the most rigorous testing standards.....

[zephyrnoid]

"a military contractor ......and must be used to the most rigorous testing standards....."

cough... chuckle :P

[KarimNassar]

definitively nice to finally have some transparency.
If it's only the packaging that was causing the issue like they said then they should be good to go very fast.
We will find out soon