13 Aug
2006
13 Aug
'06
12:47 p.m.
Hi,
Don said:
Stan Barr wrote:
Yep, one chap won a court case based on that very point!
IIRC he had a vcr, without a tuner, used with a monitor, but no tv.
Hi,
Jules Richardson said:
So, the *tuner* is the gotcha? I.e. if you used a component
DVD player/recorder, a video *monitor*, etc. *they* would be
exempt?
Given that the licence is only for the BBC
channels, and I'll perhaps watch
2-3 hours of them per week, it works out as quite an expense per programme!
Not quite - the licence is for having _any_ equipment installed in your
home capable of receiving broadcast tv - _any_ broadcast tv. The money
goes (mostly) to the bbc, but a licence is required for any broadcast
tv equipment including, but not limited to, a tv set, video or dvd
recorder with a tuner or a computer with a tuner. You still have to
pay even if you never watch the bbc :-( If so, has this "fact" influenced the types
of products
offered there? (e.g., tunerless products?)
No. :-)
Almost every household has a tv, and a license - in fact if you
don't have a license they come round to check if you have a tv.
(The licensing authorities have a list of all domestic addresses
in the uk and they compare it with their list of paid-up licenses
and go visit you if you haven't got one!)
To get back to the subject line:
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Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb at dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!