I'm inclined to agree.
Based on the number of animations remaining two weeks ago, it will likely take most of the week to finish the renders. DPC won't want to announce an actual date until he's sure he can hit it. At the same time, he will want to advance the timetable if testing goes smoothly.
So my guess is DPC will announce beta testing has started next Friday, but won't announce any release date until he has a sense of how clean the code is. If testing goes well, he'll announce a Nov 6 date mid-week. If the beta is slow, he'll announce a Nov 13 release (probably on the 6th, but later if all the new features he mentioned created a lot a bugs and even that date is suspect).