Can CBS do 3 NFL HD games at once?

I was looking at this weeks schedule on CBS:

http://www.sportsline.com/cbssports/schedules/page/nfl

and noticed that they have three 1:00 games in HD. I was under the
impression they can only do 2 games at the same time in HD. Can they do
three simultaneously?

"Mikepier" wrote in message
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I was looking at this weeks schedule on CBS:

http://www.sportsline.com/cbssports/schedules/page/nfl

and noticed that they have three 1:00 games in HD. I was under the
impression they can only do 2 games at the same time in HD. Can they do
three simultaneously?

They can do as many as they have remote trucks available.

I've heard they only own two trucks. If they rent more they can do more
games.

John Galt wrote:
"Mikepier" wrote in message
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I was looking at this weeks schedule on CBS:

http://www.sportsline.com/cbssports/schedules/page/nfl

and noticed that they have three 1:00 games in HD. I was under the
impression they can only do 2 games at the same time in HD. Can they do
three simultaneously?


They can do as many as they have remote trucks available.

I've heard they only own two trucks. If they rent more they can do more
games.

CBS broadcasts a total of 3 HD games on Sunday. I have read that the
restrictions is not just production trucks, but satellite uplink
equipment and capacity at the network. They reportedly spent their HD
budget money this year upgrading the pre-game show to HD. They have
stated that they will be upgrading to do 4 HD games on Sunday next year,
5 in 2008, and all games by the 2009 season (2009 being the year that
NFL requires that all games be in HD). With the rapidly growing
popularity of HD and amount of criticism leveled at CBS, it would not
surprise me if CBS accelerates their rollout schedule a bit and goes all
HD by 2008.

Alan F

Can they do one? All the NFL on CBS has been in that stupid "picture-frame"
format.

SusieQ wrote:
Can they do one? All the NFL on CBS has been in that stupid "picture-frame"
format.

If the game in your market for your team has been a lower tier game not
in HD, then the local station will likely show it in upconverted
pillarbox (4x3 within a 16x9 frame) SD on the HD channel.

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