2023 Frugal Living Challenge

RavenRover

I'm sure I've heard something that if you still want to watch streaming services you still need tv licence.  I may be wrong though.

KajiKita

RavenRover said:

I'm sure I've heard something that if you still want to watch streaming services you still need tv licence.  I may be wrong though.

Only the BBC ones like iPlayer or the news channel.

@SecondStar I lived away from my husband for work for two years during the week, didn’t have a TV and didn’t miss it at all. I watched things on my iPad, read and crafted a lot more than at the weekends, back in front of a telly with hubby. Personally I like the peace and quiet of no TV! Mr KK finds this very odd! 😉

KK

annieb64

I'd quite happily live without one but DH would struggle.I usually read in the evenings but DH comes from a home where the TV is on all day and would miss it.
We only have a 32 inch screen.  Our sitting room is quite small .

cw18

RavenRover said:

I'm sure I've heard something that if you still want to watch streaming services you still need tv licence.  I may be wrong though.

As long as I stay out of the 'live' section of any of the streaming apps (and don't access iPlayer even for catch-up) I don't need a TV Licence.   There's a thread of how to be legally licence free here on MSE that I've been involved with for many years - having been so since 01/01/2011

I wanted to watch a BBC show earlier this year (part of it was filmed in my small town), so I simply waited until I went away and stayed in a licenced property for a week - at which point it was legal for me to access iPlayer and watch it on catch-up.

Bluegreen143

When I was a student I had no TV for a couple of years, and no streaming services either. I just watched no TV at all. I read constantly and tbh was always spending time with friends (lived with friends and went out several times a week). I didn’t miss it at all, but I wonder if I would be able to do it now. That said, I’m not a big TV watcher and if I wasn’t with DH probably would watch even less.

Madbat60

We don't tend to watch TV until late afternoon. We like quiz shows. I've lived without TV, I got a lot done. Being 61 and enjoying staying in I would probably miss it.  

Glittering_M

I had a TV when I first lived on my own, my parents got it for me but I barely used it. I think I used it just for gaming but that was no more than a handful of times in the 18months I was there. We did have a tablet but that doesn't work now. I could live without a TV, other half could not. I'd say give it a go without and see how you go. 

nmaria

Anyone started planting seeds yet and if so what are you planting?

Soontobeoap

Not planting seeds yet. Blanted the small bush tomatoes and othe veg and fkowers that can be grown indoors in seed trays in early march last year. They were just right to put out in May in the South of England. 

Madbat60

No seeds yet, too damp and cold