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Is a TV licence needed?

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  • moonrakerz
    moonrakerz Posts: 8,650 Forumite
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    Swan wrote: »
    yep, that's about the size of it ... I was being super cautious, by de-tuning & removing & taping up the aerial away from the telly (see my previous posts)

    I'm constantly amazed every time one of these threads start & people like myself who have actual experience of legally being without a license post that it's ok to watch DVDs & play games, & you get a whole lot of people coming along & telling you that you're wrong :confused:

    Don't forget they have to PROVE that you are watching TV without a licence. If you don't admit to that - it is almost impossible for them to do that. You CAN have a tuned in set, you CAN have a working aerial, you can have a "warm" TV set - none of that proves that were were committing an offence. The only way they can get into your house anyway is with a warrant - to get that they have to convince a magistrate first.

    To be totally honest I would say that it IS impossible to convict someone without them first making a confession !
  • Swan_2
    Swan_2 Posts: 7,060 Forumite
    I am not doubting wether it is legal or not as I am sure that you are correct :)

    Like yourself, I want to be super cautious and de-tune my tv, should we decide not to recieve a signal anymore.

    May I ask, was it as simple as just messing around with the channel settings to be sure that it didn't recieve a signal?

    Thanks :)
    I was being super-cautious because I didn't want my kids having to deal with the TVLA people if I wasn't around

    it's while ago now, but I think I went into manual set-up & made sure I wasn't getting any channels ... kinda hard to describe, if you try it I'm sure you'll see what I mean
    absolutely no need to have bits removed from your telly
    but if you have the aerial unplugged, rolled up & taped far away from the set, that's more than enough

    trouble is, all the TVLA rules were made before DVDs & video-gaming came along & now they're struggling to adjust to a changing world & to keep thei money coming in are giving out deliberately confusing dis-information :mad: :mad: :mad:
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