Q Talk

[Tobyzeke]

On QVC2 and QVC3, EVERY host and guest looks crazy thin. Is something going on with focal lengths or something else manipulating the images?  Are my eyes deceiving me? I flip over to QVC and the same host looks different, more believable. 

[Desertdi]

You can change the "ZOOM"  (sometimes called "aspect") button on your remote control, to change the broadcast picture to the proper size.

[SoCal Bred]

I have noticed that for some time when watching Q2 & Q3, they seem to stretch the images on the screen, I believe it has to do with your cable provider, I could be wrong, we have Spectrum cable.

[LizzieInSRQ]

On my tv HSN2 and OWN is "stretched" wide. Its the provider. I stopped trying.

[geezerette]

My provider shows Q2 and Q3 in SD (standard definition), as opposed to HD (high definition) on the QVC Main channel.

[IMW]

@geezerette mine also--Optium.

[ciao_bella]

@Tobyzeke  Some older TV sets and equipment may not be compatible with High Definition broadcasts, so some Standard Definition channels cater to these viewers.  Also, cost considerations: Broadcasting in HD requires more expensive equipment and infrastructure, so some stations may opt to continue offering some SD channels to manage costs.  

[Shanus]

Spectrum cable didn't carry some channels in HD, so the pictures looked stretched out. Now we have Direct TV and QVC, Q2 and others are all the correct  in size.

[Kachina624]

If there's  a studio at QVC that's sucking the fat out of people, I want to go there.

[Foxxee]

I noticed that on QVC and QVC2, too, but it's just been recently I have been seeing it.  Although, hosts and models claim they are wearing the same size, they said quite a few times when selling something how stretch help the pounds put on over the holidays.  

I did see hosts, though, not all of them, who looked like they put on weight over the holidays, specifically, around the middle, and hips including the upper thighs.  A few hosts, too.  

Looked up types of TV cameras.  The most sophisticated can make people look normal, thinner, or heavier by setting them.