On 8 Feb 2010 at 23:30, Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
Actually no, I believe it's a licence to recieve,
not to view, which
is why when you could still get a black and white licence at a cheaper
price than colour, you still needed a colour license even if you had a
black and white TV, if you also had a video recorder. The reason being
that the video recorder could recieve and record a colour signal, even
though you could only view it in black and white.
Though that is a moot point now as I believe it's been about 5 years
since the black and white license was phased out.
Really?
According to this:
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/
The B&W animal is still available. You may have to special-order it,
however.
--Chuck