CBS NFL HD no 1st down markers

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"SpiderManHouston" <spidermanhouston@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I was watching the chiefs/texans game on cbs hd. You can't see the yellow
1st
> down lines on the CBS HD station. When I switch to the regular cbs
station, I
> can see the yellow 1st down line markers. What's up with that??

Mine shows up as blue.

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spidermanhouston@aol.com (SpiderManHouston) wrote in message news:<20040926155022.07524.00001222@mb-m11.aol.com>...
> I was watching the chiefs/texans game on cbs hd. You can't see the yellow 1st
> down lines on the CBS HD station. When I switch to the regular cbs station, I
> can see the yellow 1st down line markers. What's up with that??

>
This is going to be standard for a while. The HD and SD feeds are
almost completely separate. During the Olympics (on NBC), the
graphics, stats, camera angles and even the commentary were all
totally different from the "regular" feed.

You're lucky the HD feed is run at the same time, quite frankly (the
Olympics were up to 24 hours delayed). You'd figure it would be easy
enough to take an HD feed and cut off the edges for an SD broadcast,
but no... They just double everything and complain about the cost.