9 Feb
2010
9 Feb
'10
7:46 p.m.
On 9 February 2010 19:48, Tony Duell <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Mind you, they also didn't know what, if any, licesnse is required for a
TV sound-only receiver.
That one I can answer - no licence required:
"If you only use your digital box to produce sounds (i.e. you don't
use it to display programmes), then you don't need a TV Licence."
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/technology-top8/
Or for a teletext-only receiver (such as the
units used with the BBC micro). For such devices, does 'colour' mean it
uses a colour monitor, or that it decodes the attribute bytes, or what?
It definitely used to be the monitor you used to display it. Given,
w.r.t. digital boxes they say:
"A black and white TV Licence does not cover the use of colour TV
receiving equipment, such as a digital box. The only exception is if
it's only used with a black and white TV set and the equipment can?t
record TV."
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/understanding-you…
I suggest that the situation is the same.
The did tell me that if I modified a TV receiver so
that it no longer
received TV, then it diddn't need a license. If I took a TV set,
desoldered the tuner module, and used the rest of it as a monitor, then I
didn't need a license. Even if I kepty the tuner module in my spares box.
The fact I had parts that could be assembled into a TV set did not mean I
had a TV set.
You don't even need to go that far - just don't use it:
"You don't need a licence if you don't use any of these devices to
watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV -
for example, if you use your TV only to watch DVDs or play video
games, or you only watch programmes on your computer after they have
been shown on TV." [rather than as-live]
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/what-if-a-tv-lice…
Many years ago I assembled the Maplin NICAM TV tuner kits. I bought said
kits in one of their shops (back when Maplin shops stocked interesting
items), and they didn't take my name or address. I was told that although
a lincense was needed to use the assembled kit, there was no license
check in buying a box of parts. The parts were not a TV receiver, they
could be used for all sorts of other things.
FWIW, all the above devies are used in a house that has a valid TV
license, so it didn;t really matter. Byt as=king annoying questions is a
hobby of mine...
Hotels and the like are only covered for 15 devices - then you need to
buy another licence for each five devices... so, in certain
circumstances it can be advantageous to know what needs a licence and
what doesn't.
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/tv-licence-types-…
Rob