A few weeks ago I tried out HSN and also Evine because so many posters here on QVC were talking about those channels. I didn't stay tuned long, mainly because the quality of the channel didn't seem to come up to QVC's standards. By "quality" I mean the broadcast. I know QVC is produced in HD (high definition), and maybe the others aren't. To me the sets didn't look as pleasing to watch. The background on the QVC sets, whether it is a living room, outside, or a kitchen....it just is nice to look at.
I certainly understand that you are not buying the set where they are doing the presentation, but for me it helps to keep me watching if the environment is pleasing to the eye. And I noticed in those short little visits I made to HSN and Evine that the models didn't seem as animated or involved with what was being said. They seemed to just stand there.
Another thing I noticed and was a bit distracting to me was that they seem to fill the TV screen with so many boxes of information. It seems to take up more space on my screen than the vendor, host, and product all put together! Yes, I know....sometimes watching QVC the vendor stands behind the informational box on the screen, but that is the duty of the camerman/director to watch how they position their equipment. But on the other channels, there appears to be much more information on the screen than needs to be at one time.
As to the hosts, I didn't stay long enough to see if there was competition between them and the vendor for who gets to talk and for how long.......UNTIL I watched the Andrew Lessman presentations on HSN. I recorded a lot of his presentations because of great comments from QVC customers about his products. That was my first chance to sit thru several programs for at least an hour at a time and really see how the host/vendor interact. I must admit, the hosts on HSN were very respectful to him. However, he is so knowledgeable and gives such great information and advice, that I think it would be ridiculous for a host to interrupt him with their words of wisdom on the subject.
The hosts weren't hyper as some on QVC can be and I didn't feel pressured to purchase. They gave great information on the value of the product and the cost savings. For his particular presentations it was for that day/weekend only, so from that standpoint there was pressure to decide, but I didn't feel it from the hosts. Needless to say, his presentations were excellent....I bought just about everything! The hosts were wise enough to let him do his thing, only interjecting from time to time what the prices were.
If the hosts for the majority of their shows are as respectful as these were for his presentations, then I can see the draw for customers to jump ship and leave QVC. And if they have products you like, I can understand the draw there too. But for the things I have purchased from QVC (and it has been a lot....from skin products to clothes to garage items to hair products, etc.), I have not found it to be more expensive than if I went to the store in our area and purchased the same thing. Maybe I've just lucked out.
I continue to watch QVC when I know there is something I would be interested in coming on. I order by phone so I don't need to leave the room to get to my computer in another area of the house. And I enjoy the information that so many of you give on the forum. All very helpful and things that make me think outside the box sometimes.
And even though there are hosts that irritate me when they talk over the vendor (but some who are truly wonderul!), and even though it regularly seems to be the same products shown with not a lot of new things that interest me, I feel very comfortable being a QVC customer and appreciate that I find many things that interest me.
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