Does This Hi-Def Make Me Look Fat?

When I meet someone in person who knows me only from TV they pretty much always say the same thing. The conversation goes like this:

Them: I like your show, even though I miss you on radio.

Me: Thanks. I appreciate the support.

Them: You know, you look a lot a) Better or b) younger or c) thinner in person than you do on TV.

Me: Thanks. I think....

I mean is that really a compliment? Cause what it could mean is "You look really bad on TV. Glad to see you're not so montrous in person."
While they say television adds ten pounds, I think almost no one looks as good on television as in real life and it has nothing to do with your sparkling personality.
Its because in high def or no def, a televisiion picture is flat. And we people in all of our bumpy glory are notoriously 3 dimensional. Squeeze the 3D into a 2D space and you get all sorts of shadows and reflections that by necessity make us look ...well....not quite ourselves.
Think about that next time you wonder how someone so funny looking with no hair got that anchor job.
On the other hand, I'm not sure this really explains why my head looks so dang big......