Advice needed/new uni student/TV licence

atypical

lucylucky wrote: »

I take it whoever authored it didn't study English? license??

License is the Americanised version of licence. For the most part the FAQ seems correct.

lucylucky

atypical wrote: »

License is the Americanised version of licence. For the most part the FAQ seems correct.

I don't doubt the basic premise of the FAQs is correct, however license is just one of the spelling mistakes.

janthemum

Sons decided just to take lap top in to Uni as a few of you suggested, so Many thanks for your replies.

(All being well he gets the results when they come out next Thursday....)_pale_

msmyth18

I lived in a 4 bed house as we all had locks on our doors technically we needed a tv licence each.... As someone else mentioned Iplayer, 4 OD and demand five catch up players are the best and saving you that money!

We eventually brought a tv licence for the lounge because we had an xbox and to have the tv there we needed one.... was also good for the football which isnt the same when its not live!

mememememe

msmyth18 wrote: »

I lived in a 4 bed house as we all had locks on our doors technically we needed a tv licence each.... As someone else mentioned Iplayer, 4 OD and demand five catch up players are the best and saving you that money!

You only need a licence each if you all watch live TV in your bedrooms. If you only watched live TV in a communal area and in a maximum of one bedroom then you would only need one licence.

msmyth18 wrote: »

We eventually brought a tv licence for the lounge because we had an xbox and to have the tv there we needed one.... was also good for the football which isnt the same when its not live!

If you just have a TV to use with your Xbox and you don't watch live TV on it then you don't need a TV licence. The licence is only required to actually WATCH live TV, not to own a TV. Although of course to watch the live footie you need a licence

minerva_windsong

wssla00 wrote: »

Hello yes he will need his own TV licence, even if he is watching online TV from his computer. He can pay monthly by direct debit if it helps him and the TV licensing can help him with that.

Only whilst it's being broadcast - he could use 'catch-up' services like iPlayer to, say, watch last night's episode of Top Gear this morning without a TV licence, but he couldn't have watched it online when it was being broadcast last night.

Personally I wouldn't bother taking the telly and just use a combination of catch-up services and DVDs via the laptop.

ultimatedingbat

Please check this but I was told in my first year if I was using a portable TV with internal batteries which wasnt plugged into the aerial slot (aka used its own aerial) i would be covered by my parents licence.

rapunzelz86

I dont know if maybe its different for students in halls due to the sheer number of them, but i wouldnt be so laid back about it.
I used to be, couldnt have cared less! Then one day i had a knock on my door from 2 burly police officers. As i had continually ignored threats and requests for payment, i was under arrest to appear before the magistrates.
Luckily it was monday morning so they took me straight to the court, had it been a later arrest i could have spent the night in the cells!
Unlucky for me, they did apologise that the only vehicle available to them that day happened to be a riot van. Nice. The whole street got an eyeful too. Very embarrassing considering they dont know you've only been arrested for no tv licence :eek:
Ive never been so mortified in my entire life.Had my partner not been there i would have had to arrange for someone to have my then 1 year old daughter too, and with no family in the area at the time it would of been social services.
A very stressful and upsetting time that is easily avoided, even if it is something we dont agree with.
Just my personal experience

atypical

sadeelisha wrote: »

Then one day i had a knock on my door from 2 burly police officers. As i had continually ignored threats and requests for payment, i was under arrest to appear before the magistrates.

Your whole post sounds like propaganda for TV Licensing. Under arrest for what exactly? Not replying to letters? Somehow I think that's not an offence.

mememememe

sadeelisha wrote: »

I dont know if maybe its different for students in halls due to the sheer number of them, but i wouldnt be so laid back about it.
I used to be, couldnt have cared less! Then one day i had a knock on my door from 2 burly police officers. As i had continually ignored threats and requests for payment, i was under arrest to appear before the magistrates.
Luckily it was monday morning so they took me straight to the court, had it been a later arrest i could have spent the night in the cells!
Unlucky for me, they did apologise that the only vehicle available to them that day happened to be a riot van. Nice. The whole street got an eyeful too. Very embarrassing considering they dont know you've only been arrested for no tv licence :eek:
Ive never been so mortified in my entire life.Had my partner not been there i would have had to arrange for someone to have my then 1 year old daughter too, and with no family in the area at the time it would of been social services.
A very stressful and upsetting time that is easily avoided, even if it is something we dont agree with.
Just my personal experience

Yes this sounds very dodgy. Did you watch/record live TV without a licence? And if so did they have proof of this? (the 'proof' could be an admission from you that you watch live TV without a licence) As atypical says there's no obligation for you to reply to letters (unless I think if it's an official court notice) or to let TV licensing inspectors into your house (unless they've got a warrant).