woud you consider B&W TV a valid option?

teddysmum

Some people used to think that you could legally cover a colour tv , with the colour 'turned off', with a 'black and white' licence, but I believe it was declared that this was not correct because the tv was capable of colour viewing.

Dan-Dan

enfield_freddy wrote: »

argos , 1985 https://www.flickr.com/photos/38301877@N05/3592653395/in/set-72157619206330728/

thanks freddy , just had an enjoyable 20 minutes looking through that catalogue , memories of ` reading` argos books at bedtimes in the 80`s came flooding back

poppasmurf_bewdley

Malcnascar wrote: »

Not sure if I am right on this. B&W TV's all have old analogue tuners and the analogue signal was turned off some time ago. Digital set top boxes all receive colour signals. I assume that before analogue was switched off the B&W sets received colour signals but could only resolve in B&W and therefore qualified for the lower licence fee. Does this still apply in the digital age?
In the case of tight finances the potential saving is less than £2 per week. You would need to source a B&W TV and possibly a set topbox and if money was that tight would you have the cash to outlay on these items?

A black and white TV was not capable of receiving a signal in colour, and therefore was eligible for the black and white licence. However, if you attached a VCR to your B&W set, then that was capable of receiving a colour signal and required a colour licence.

A current set top box which receives a digital signal is capable of receiving this signal in colour, and therefore a colour licence is required even if the end product is a B&W picture.

It's all in the words equipment which is capable of receiving a colour signal, so if you use any equipment which does so, a B&W licence is of no use.

Kurtis_Blue

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

A black and white TV was not capable of receiving a signal in colour, and therefore was eligible for the black and white licence. However, if you attached a VCR to your B&W set, then that was capable of receiving a colour signal and required a colour licence.

A current set top box which receives a digital signal is capable of receiving this signal in colour, and therefore a colour licence is required even if the end product is a B&W picture.

It's all in the words equipment which is capable of receiving a colour signal, so if you use any equipment which does so, a B&W licence is of no use.

No you dont, as long as the freeview STB is not a PVR then you can use a B&W TVL.

zagubov

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

A black and white TV was not capable of receiving a signal in colour, and therefore was eligible for the black and white licence. However, if you attached a VCR to your B&W set, then that was capable of receiving a colour signal and required a colour licence.

A current set top box which receives a digital signal is capable of receiving this signal in colour, and therefore a colour licence is required even if the end product is a B&W picture.

It's all in the words equipment which is capable of receiving a colour signal, so if you use any equipment which does so, a B&W licence is of no use.

I think if you owned a VCR at all you needed a colour license even if you never linked it to any kind of a TV.