Perhaps it should be no surprise, considering the heartbreaking delays (and $1,000 price bump) the Scarlet has already endured, but it looks like the project is undergoing a major shift in focus -- namely, it will apparently be no longer be targeted towards prosumers. EOS HD quotes RED founder Jim Jannard thusly:
The concept of RED was to build a camera with as much capability as possible for the professional market. Then we thought we could extend it down a bit to the prosumer level. Apparently, that was a mistake.