Is anyone else telly-free?

lucylucky

Clutterfree wrote: »

Surely if you watch TV on the internet you still require a TV license?

If you watch live TV then yes, otherwise no.

celyn90

We don't have a TV. I have so many other things I could be doing. It's only recently we had a net connection at home too - and that was only because of work!

We read, play games, talk, do crafts, and cook mainly. It's nice We do watch DVDs on the computer occassionally, but that's a fairly rare occurance

katholicos

I have lived without TV in the past and i could do again. I am mad about movies, documentaries and some TV series that have long since aired and now own on boxed sets, so we mostly watch DVD's on our TV set. I catch up with the news etc online and use Iplayer and 4OD etc to catch up on programmes which interest me.

Penelope_Penguin

Clutterfree wrote: »

Surely if you watch TV on the internet you still require a TV license?

This is discussed at length on the thread that Pink-winged mentioned, if you're interested

We're planning leaving our TV behind when we move. I'll miss the BBC news, Election night coverage, Strictly, but not much else

blackcrow

Hiya,

gosh, what a lot of radio 4 listeners... I have to admit that I love it too! When my son was younger I had no tv and didnt miss it at all, but caved in to pressure of son and b/f and now have sky (i love the discovery channels!) but they watch it most of the time.

I listen to radio 4 on my alarm clock every morning for the news at 7 and every night to go to sleep. But today is my favourite... Its my baking day and i currently have a ham in coke on the hob, and am baking bread, flapjacks, chocolate cake and proper sausage rolls a bit later. I love the archers omnibus and gardeners question time especially, but you and yours and money box are always very informative, and am i the only one who still finds listening to the shipping forecast reassuring and peaceful?

BC x

redlady_1

TV free here! When I bought this house I made the decision to go TV free. I felt that the £13 per month could be better used and TV is pants anyway. So here I am nearly a year later and I love it. The peace and quiet is fab and anything I want to watch I watch on line. That said my mother thinks I have lost the plot and cant function without her TV. She even offered to buy me one and pay a years TV licence!!

I find its only visitors who have an issue with my lack of TV.

I have just started listening to Radio 4 and am not sure what is on at what times. The gardeners question time would really interest me.

mardatha

Has anybody or could anybody work out how much a license plus the top package on Sky costs per year or per week ?

redlady_1

Well top sky is about £51 per month and TV licence about £13 per month so there is £64 for a start. Per annum would be...sit down...£769 or £14.78 per week!!! :eek: To sit around doing chuff all. Now that is really scary.

mardatha

THUD ! :eek::eek::eek:

littleowl

No television here. I don't care for the commercial channels - programmes, however good, are destroyed for me by ad breaks every ten to fifteen minutes. That leaves BBC which amounts to three channels (not counting BBC 3 which is utterly horrible). I am lucky to find one programme a night I want to see and can do that the next day on iPlayer. So - I save £150 per year on the licence fee. I do listen to Radio 4 most of the day - only turn off when The Archers is on!