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TV does NOT add pounds..

Junebug54 — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:37:33 GMT

Why does everyone keep saying that??? I personally know 3 people that are on tv regularly and not one looks any different in person. In fact one of the three looks thinner on tv. That is such an antiquated theory. For those of you that keep saying that... how do you know that for a fact?

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blackhole99 — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:59:36 GMT

People want to believe that, it has nothing to do with fact. Although, I've read that lesser camera equipment can distort size, but I can't imagine that the Q doesn't have state of the art equipment.

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StylishLady — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 01:16:43 GMT

Seems to me I read somewhere that TV picture can be manipulated. I think it was Johnny Carson that had his show done in a way it made him look thinner.

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MoJoV — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 01:26:24 GMT

My son's girlfriend is a TV news anchor and looks exactly the same as she does on television. She's very pretty but better than that...she's extremely smart.

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fthunt — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 01:46:31 GMT

I've never believed it - appears heavier than real life. Poo

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LyndaGee — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 02:06:58 GMT

I think it was true years ago, but now the technology has improved.

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ILTH — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 04:51:50 GMT

https://www.businessinsider.com/cameras-can-make-you-look-fat-2016-7

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bells4me — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 05:31:19 GMT

After taking the QVC tour I was amazed at how tiny the hosts really are.

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blackhole99 — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 05:37:31 GMT

@bells4me tiny in height or very thin?

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insomniac2 — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 09:22:27 GMT

Junebug54, thank you for posting this!

Before modern technology, it was true that TV added pounds--but that hasn't been true in decades. I've posted about this in the past, but it's always been ignored.

(Just as, sadly, your comment about it probably will be.)

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CalminHeart — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 11:37:50 GMT

Why does it matter? No one is in charge of other people's opinions. Don't sweat the small stuff.

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Pook — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 12:44:14 GMT

I know tv does seem to add pounds. Our local news and weather people look much heavier than they actually are. I was surprised when I saw many of them in person. One just had a baby and it looked like she was very heavy with a tummy but seeing her in person she was petite and thin and absolutely no tummy bulge. The one weather guy looks short and pudgy and in person he is taller and leaner than he appears on tv. So this is how I know this for a fact! As well as a few friends who did take the Q tour and found the hosts not as big as they seemed on tv.

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nevergivesup — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:31:48 GMT

I don’t know anything about the technical aspects of this but I do know for sure that being on tv does not create creased, bunched up material in the armpits, pulling across the back of jackets and tops and skin tight pants that leave nothing to the imagination. I don’t care how much a host weighs but I do wish they would wear clothes that FIT!

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insomniac2 — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 18:47:44 GMT

Nevergivesup--what a great post!

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culebra — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 22:35:29 GMT

Camera does add pounds. I have seen several actresses in person. One in particular is Meryl Streep. She is much thinner, smaller and much younger looking in person. I was with a group of people and we all agreed. The camera does not love Meryl Streep. Also in photo's she appears more jowly - not the case in person.

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Q4u — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 22:49:43 GMT

Manipulate the camara while shooting??? Nah.... just look at the "before & after" shots of the models wearing Spanx and their necks and upper arms are magically reduced in the after shots as well as the "magic" Spanx making them look 20lbs thinner.....

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Shanus — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 04:32:07 GMT

I have a round face...kind of full cheeks. Hated how I looked in selfies until my son, whose hobby is photography, showed me how to hold the phone above shooting downward...it really thins out my face. I don’t have to trash as many pics now.

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Love to Run — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 13:11:47 GMT

There have been so many innovations in television since that old adage was popularized it may no longer be true.

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Imaoldhippie — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 13:25:40 GMT

Our church takes pictures of our volunteer of the month. When they are displayed on the TV and on the screen in the sancuary it makes even the thinnest person look heavier.

When they did my picture it make me look huge. I do believe when they enlarge the pixils for fit the screen it enlarges everything in the photo.

I am by far no tech expert but I think this happens on TV too.

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RespectLife — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:52:16 GMT

@Pook wrote:
I know tv does seem to add pounds. Our local news and weather people look much heavier than they actually are. I was surprised when I saw many of them in person. One just had a baby and it looked like she was very heavy with a tummy but seeing her in person she was petite and thin and absolutely no tummy bulge. The one weather guy looks short and pudgy and in person he is taller and leaner than he appears on tv. So this is how I know this for a fact! As well as a few friends who did take the Q tour and found the hosts not as big as they seemed on tv.

I agree with @Pook

And I know this for a fact because I WAS on TV as a Spokesperson for a local organization. I did many, MANY interviews for newscasts and local programming. I DID look heavier...by a couple sizes! Everyone noticed.

I did NOT look heavier doing radio spots...tee hee!