Unbelievable

[Chez]

Got my tv licence renewal today and found that you need one if you have a computer/pc and a mobile phone in your home, even if you have not got a television - unbelievable, anything to get us to pay up :brickwall:brickwall

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/index.jsp

[sleeping giant]

Got my tv licence renewal today and found that you need one if you have a computer/pc and a mobile phone in your home, even if you have not got a television - unbelievable, anything to get us to pay up :brickwall:brickwall

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/index.jsp
The whole TV licence thing MUST be illegal.

Can Tescos kick down your front door , throw messages up your hall then tell you to pay for them ?

Shocking !

Power to the People :grr:

[Pete]

I think it's a bit harsh charging you for having a PC. However, you can recieve BBC through your PC to technically they are entitled to do so.

Just buy a black and white licence and turn the colour down on your telly when they come round....or tell them you have a black and white PC.

[Speedy]

Got my tv licence renewal today and found that you need one if you have a computer/pc and a mobile phone in your home, even if you have not got a television - unbelievable, anything to get us to pay up :brickwall:brickwall

http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/index.jsp

That's only if you watch tv through it. If not then you don't need one.

I don't see what is unbelievable about that :confused:

[Brando7]

The whole TV licence thing MUST be illegal.

Can Tescos kick down your front door , throw messages up your hall then tell you to pay for them ?

Shocking !

Power to the People :grr:

:agree:

Bought a DVD player for my mum a few years back then out of nowhere i got a letter from those gits saying they takin me 2 court for not having a licence.... needless to so i got on the phone n gave them hell n told them the licence is in her name n to get their fact right before threatening me wi court action :greengrin

Why should we pay just because bbs wont show adverts, i'd rather take the option of not gettin bbc than pay ma licence...load of crap on the bbc anyway :greengrin

[Onceinawhile]

i get cable(virgin media) why cant i just say to them, you know what for 100+ a year ill just not take BBC1,2,3 and 4 or listen to any of their radio stations. The bbc is only good for louis theroux and hes only on that minimally

[Scouse Hibee]

i get cable(virgin media) why cant i just say to them, you know what for 100+ a year ill just not take BBC1,2,3 and 4 or listen to any of their radio stations. The bbc is only good for louis theroux and hes only on that minimally


Because it doesn't matter what channels you watch or listen to, you need a licence to use TV receiving equipment, including TV, video or DVD recorder,digital box, computer or mobile phone.:greengrin

[MrRobot]

i get cable(virgin media) why cant i just say to them, you know what for 100+ a year ill just not take BBC1,2,3 and 4 or listen to any of their radio stations. The bbc is only good for louis theroux and hes only on that minimally

I work at Virgin Media :greengrin

[Ally]

You only need a license if you are using a PC to watch TV through it, otherwise you don't, so really it's not that unbelievable.

[Tazio]

So people who don't want to pay for a licence never listen to the radio or look at the BBC website? The licence pays for a whole lot more than BBC TV channels.

[Allant1981]

So people who don't want to pay for a licence never listen to the radio or look at the BBC website? The licence pays for a whole lot more than BBC TV channels.

But it is a tv licence, not a pc or radio licence

[Ally]

" You need a TV Licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, digital box, DVD or video recorder, PC, laptop or mobile phone to watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV. "

Seems pretty clear to me, doesn't say anything about listening to the radio or the bbc website.

[Zeberdee]

chez has just got confused because of the ambiguous way it is written.

It means if you will use the PC, DVD player, mobile etc to receive TV, you need to pay up.

For example some people have TV receivers built in to their PC. My DVD player has one built in also.

[Chez]

chez has just got confused because of the ambiguous way it is written.

It means if you will use the PC, DVD player, mobile etc to receive TV, you need to pay up.

For example some people have TV receivers built in to their PC. My DVD player has one built in also.

You have a point there - perhaps I've mis-read it :greengrin. I imagine it would be quite difficult proving to them I am not using my pc or mobile to not watch tv though :wink:

[Brando7]

chez has just got confused because of the ambiguous way it is written.

It means if you will use the PC, DVD player, mobile etc to receive TV, you need to pay up.

For example some people have TV receivers built in to their PC. My DVD player has one built in also.

So that means that every office in the UK has to have a TV Licence :confused:

[jonty]

So that means that every office in the UK has to have a TV Licence :confused:

No


Do I need a TV Licence?
You need a TV Licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, digital box, DVD or video recorder, PC, laptop or mobile phone to watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV.

If you use a digital box with a hi-fi system or another device that can only be used to produce sounds and can't display TV programmes, and you don't install or use any other TV receiving equipment, you don't need a TV Licence.

[steakbake]

Do TV Licence Detector vans really exist, and if so, can the technology be adapted and used for the thus-far fruitless search for one O.Bin Laden and the Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq?

[jonty]

Do TV Licence Detector vans really exist, and if so, can the technology be adapted and used for the thus-far fruitless search for one O.Bin Laden and the Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq?

Yes, yes.

It's only fruitless because thats what they want you to believe....... :duck:

[Hibrandenburg]

Do TV Licence Detector vans really exist, and if so, can the technology be adapted and used for the thus-far fruitless search for one O.Bin Laden and the Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq?

You may think I'm nuts. But believe me, similar equipment would have been used for that exact purpose and other goals :shhhsh!:

[sleeping giant]

So people who don't want to pay for a licence never listen to the radio or look at the BBC website? The licence pays for a whole lot more than BBC TV channels.
What gets me is folk who dont have digital still have to fork out for the digital channels.
The whole thing is a rip off.
I am very surprised this has not been raised in the European court of Human Rights.


Power to the people:grr: