PDB said:

You probably can't just convert it to B&W and have that be the end since you can play around with contrast and brightness creating a wide range of different images.

Correct, which is why I'm not qualified for a project like this =)

I was wondering, though, if the pre-release media might be useful at all, since they all have a much more monochrome treatment.

But at any rate, hopefully Amazon is just misinformed, and it will be officially released...or maybe they're saving it for a double-dip later on =|