tv licence for pc tv

Mr_Skint_2

Ha ha ha ha brilliant reply

Swan_2

penrhyn wrote:

I bought a DVD player from Tescos' yesterday and the checkout girl told me that had I not had a club card I would have had to fill in a form for TV licencing.
Naturally I pointed out that it wasn't a receiver, but she said it was because you would have to connect it to one! Didn't bother to persue the monior argument
Big Brother is alive and well!

Big Brother indeed! I've never heard of anyone having to fill in a form for a dvd player. you could well have been buying it to give to someone else. or using it with a de-tuned telly that's not connected to an aerial, in which case you don't need a licence.

could this policy be a Tesco exclusive???

Altarf

Tesco are taking the easy route with training their staff about which products they need to take details for. i.e. the fact that they need to on TVs, VCRs, Freeview boxes, recordable DVDs, combination DVD and VCR, combination TV and VCR, etc, but not a straightforward DVD. Easier to tell staff to get details for anything that is a TV or plugged into a TV.

If Tesco didn't take the details on something they should, they can be prosecuted. Reporting everything possible removes that risk.

Vivienne1000

Can anyone tell me what the situation is when you have a TV but you don't use it for watching TV?I have a TV which I use to play PS2 on, but my college has a 52" widescreen which I use to watch TV (and obviously they pay the license fees!). I don't really want to pay £120 out of my student budget for a TV I never watch, but I would miss my PS2 if I left it at home!!

Swan_2

I didn't watch telly at all for a couple of years when I was living alone, but still wanted to see my dvds & use video games, so I did a bit of on-line research
I was legally without a licence during that time, & although the TVLA kept threatening me with a visit to check up, it never materialised

now that one of my kids is living with me & they watch telly, I have a licence

I can't remember the sites I originally got my information from, but look here
EDIT ... here's the direct link for England (but I'm sure it'll be the same rule for the rest of the UK, the info for each country's on that site) http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/n6w/index/your_world/communications/television_licences.htm#nobbc

Joe_Bloggs

I can watch 'Freeview' via an audio/video amp that routes the Freeview box output video signal to the video in connection on my video card. This could equally apply to a DVD or VCR player. My PC also has a digital terrestrial tuner. Some PCs can accomodate two of these cards and record from both simultaneously.
Debts owed to the BBC should not be treated any differently from those of any other creditors. It is the non payment of fines for not paying the licence fee that puts people in prison or in the hands of bailiffs. Perhaps there should be a bare minimum public television service that is actually fee free for those who can't afford the full cost.
J_B.
Further reading Re BBC:-
http://www.bbccharterreview.org.uk/
http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1437712004

ben500

Altarf wrote:

If Tesco didn't take the details on something they should, they can be prosecuted. Reporting everything possible removes that risk.

I can see your reasoning however under the DPA you are not allowed to collect irrelevant data and store or pass it on so if they just collect data willy nilly they will also fall foul of the law, better if they go down the novel route of actually training their staff to a competent level for a change.

Mr_Skint_2

Its just a shame that you need a licence especially with the crappy programmes nowadays, bring back Monkey, and Tom and Jerry I say.

http://www.tvlicensing.biz/

Scroll down and check out the assault clip by a friendly TV Licence Inspector

Altarf

ben500 wrote:

better if they go down the novel route of actually training their staff to a competent level for a change.

This is Tesco we are talking about.

blinky

Vivienne1000 wrote:

Can anyone tell me what the situation is when you have a TV but you don't use it for watching TV?I have a TV which I use to play PS2 on, but my college has a 52" widescreen which I use to watch TV (and obviously they pay the license fees!). I don't really want to pay £120 out of my student budget for a TV I never watch, but I would miss my PS2 if I left it at home!!

The fact that the TV is capable of receiving TV signals means that you need a licence.

£120 / 52 = £2.31 per week (rounded to nearest penny). Equivalent to roughly 1-1.5 pints per week.