November is a big month! The Eagle Obsession goes live on Apple TV, Amazon, and YouTube Movies video on demand platforms on November 24th. Apple TV has the documentary ready for pre-order now. Links for Amazon and YouTube go up that morning. Beyond the Eagle Obsession follows in December, with the date to be announced.

But you don’t have to wait to view the documentary or its companion film. The 4K UHD discs of Beyond the Eagle Obsession: 50 Years of Fandom have arrived. Every pre-order ships immediately, and all four of our editions are now in stock and available for the foreseeable future:

• The Eagle Obsession — Blu-ray, Special Supporter Edition
• The Eagle Obsession — 4K Ultra HD, Special Edition
• Beyond the Eagle Obsession — Blu-ray
• Beyond the Eagle Obsession — 4K Ultra HD

To everyone who ordered months ago and waited: thank you. You were patient with us through a process that turned out to be far slower than expected.

Here’s what took so long. Making a 4K disc is not a matter of burning a file. The master has to be prepared specifically for 4K replication, which means encryption keys, separate audio and video preparation, and a round of quality checks that have to pass before a single disc can be pressed. Each of those steps is gated by someone else’s schedule. We finished the film in August and have been working through that pipeline ever since. We’ve included some images from the final mastering session in Minneapolis from a couple of weeks ago. 

One thing worth knowing: every one of these discs is Region Free. Discs are usually coded to a part of the world — Region 1 for North America, Region 2 for the UK and Europe — and a disc made for one region won’t play on a machine built for another. Ours will play anywhere, on any player. Wherever you are, it will work.

If you’ve been waiting to order, now is the time.

Order at shop.futuredude.com