Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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Brent,
If only life were that simple. CBS's problem for the past two years is that they only have enough bandwidth on the Sat uplink for 2 HD streams at a time. CBS sends their affiliates a much higher bitrate than Fox does and as a result they can only fit two HD streams on their uplinks at once. Many have witnesed this when the early HD game runs over and the late HD game is presented in SD until the first game is over.
CBS was the first to enter the game and Fox was the last and as a result Fox bought the latest and greatest and CBS is on older equipment. That being said CBS's presentations still consistently look better than Fox's despite the latest equipment.
The other issue is the number of HD trucks available. Believe it or not, every week those HD production trucks drive to every city to cover the event. The trucks are not owned by the networks so availablity can be an issue. This is not as big of a deal as it was in the past, since there are far more trucks today than a few years ago.
In the end I agree with you and am also disapointed that CBS hasn't made more HD games available, but I feel better when I at least understand the challenges.