goldstar0011
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Do you need a TV license if you have phone that plays TV or a TV card on your PC or a handheld TV or those jap TV watches/glasses?
TV licences
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ollie240585
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Do I need a licence?
If you use a TV or any other device to receive or record TV programmes (for example, a VCR, set-top box, DVD recorder or PC with a broadcast card) - you need a TV Licence. You are required by law to have one.
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/index.jsp#link1
for more info
If you use a TV or any other device to receive or record TV programmes (for example, a VCR, set-top box, DVD recorder or PC with a broadcast card) - you need a TV Licence. You are required by law to have one.
http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/index.jsp#link1
for more info
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goldstar0011
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So is it the home thats licenced or the TV?
What if all you owned was a laptop with a TV card and only watched it on trains etc?
lmao! should bloody hope so! what if you have 1 eye? 25%
or if you're deaf?
What if all you owned was a laptop with a TV card and only watched it on trains etc?
lmao! should bloody hope so! what if you have 1 eye? 25%
or if you're deaf?
From Vodafone's website.....
Was looking at getting a new phone yesterday, is mobile TV any good?
Was looking at getting a new phone yesterday, is mobile TV any good?
Krian
Fear me, for I am Onibaku
goldstar0011 said:
If you stored the laptop at home you could still get a fine without a tv license, even if you didn't watch it at home - basically it comes down to if you have the facility to watch tele at home then you need a license.
TV Licensing sucks tho - id rather pay for what I actually watch on the beeb - umm, Medium, thats about it - or have adverts on bbc1 and 2 rather than pay £131 a year for whats mostly a load of crap.
Edit: Oh, top gear too
altho if your stored the laptop in your bedroom, no tv license checking guy/women is allowed to enter your bedroom unless they are with another checking person
so store your dodgey laptop in your bedroom, under lock and key
so store your dodgey laptop in your bedroom, under lock and key
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nizzanz1
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some info:
you dont have to let them in without a search warrant. there so called scanner detectors are mostly hype to scare you, they cant be used as evidence that you are using a tv. if you disabled your analogue tv tuner then they would be able to pick up any signals in anycase. just use a digital set top box to recieve tv.
the detector people will look through any window to see if they can seea tv and will listen to hear if a tv is on.
you dont have to let them in without a search warrant. there so called scanner detectors are mostly hype to scare you, they cant be used as evidence that you are using a tv. if you disabled your analogue tv tuner then they would be able to pick up any signals in anycase. just use a digital set top box to recieve tv.
the detector people will look through any window to see if they can seea tv and will listen to hear if a tv is on.
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goldstar0011
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It's silly how they expect people to believe they can detect you using a TV, they have tricorders like in star trek lol
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RIK
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how much is it about £130???
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nizzanz1
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they bang really loudly on the door for ages.
Retepetsir
King of Subsonic
Unfortunately they can, one of my university lecturers also works for the TV licencing company!goldstar0011 said:
It's quite complicated, but they basically tune into a special intermediate frequency on your TV. Every channel has a different I.F., so they can actually pick up directly what you are watching, even from down the road, and they can also pinpoint exactly where your TV is, in your house :wow:.
detectors are NOT hype.
Edit: More info http://www.tvlicensing.biz/detection/index.htm
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nizzanz1
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they are hype though because thay cant catch you using the equipment, its not admissable in court as evidence. it can make them more suspicious of you though, and convinced if you live in a detached house. but as said you can deactivate your tv tuner and it renders all their scanning equipment useless.
The indermediate frequency actually stays the same. On radios its 10.7Mhz I'm not sure about TV's. However modern tvs are much better shielded than previous ones, and the recievers are better lessening the need for external anternnas that make spotting harder, if not impossible - ESPECIALLY in flats. There is simply no way to pin point you for example if you were in a halls of residence or multiple residence building. That is why they use so much of the scare tactics. Around 10 years ago I was involved with pirate radio, and even then when you were transmitting a strong signel it could take weeks before they actually found you hahaha. The days of the "radio authorty" before it became "ofcom" lol
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nizzanz1
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i recieved about 12 or more letters. each one more serious. they start saying thing like court registration in (wherever yout local crown court is) has been authorised on your details etc. its all a load of rubbish.
Andrew
Club Member
Krian said:
Not true - if you don't receive broadcast television with the device, you don't need a license. If you use a TV only with a Playstation or whatever, no need for a license. They need to prove you watch TV on it, not the other way round (you proving you don't).
You don't have to let them in unless they have obtained a warrant, and if you are in halls and the staff there let them in without a warrant, they could be in serious trouble.
TV detection is possible; they even have portable versions with rudimentary direction finding. But they don't use them - it's easier to assume every address has a TV, and the ones without a license are breaking the law.
Also, the area with laptops is grey. Portable TVs powered by internal batteries are exempt, and a laptop could fall under this. There has yet to be a prosecution of anyone using a laptop to watch TV, and if you ring them, they just tell you to buy one just in case.
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nizzanz1
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you are breaking the law if you own a tv and only use to play with a playstation. if you never watch a tv programme in your life you still have to by law have a tv licence if you own a tv or any device capable of recieving a tv signal.
Krian
Fear me, for I am Onibaku
To quote the first paragraph of the important information section, of meh TV license threatening letter:
If you do not use TV receiving equipment, such as TV recievers, video/DVD recorders, set-top boxes and computers with broadcast cards you do not need a TV License.
So i'd assume that if you have a computer with a broadcast card then you need a license, specially as these days its guilty until proven innocent, not the other way around
If you do not use TV receiving equipment, such as TV recievers, video/DVD recorders, set-top boxes and computers with broadcast cards you do not need a TV License.
So i'd assume that if you have a computer with a broadcast card then you need a license, specially as these days its guilty until proven innocent, not the other way around
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nizzanz1
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i just read the bbc info, seems they have changed wording from what they used to have. before it was if you own an tv set you need a licence. thats why when you buy a tv you have to fill out a form, it tells the licensing people you have bought one which means you are a marked man. there is nothing stopping you from giving your name and address as micky mouse, disneyland though.
Demarest
Ex. Club Member
i have heard of some people who go to desperate measures not to pay a liecense, by "de-tuning" there tv (removing the chip that allows it to receave tv signal)
One of my flat mates brother got caught red-handed watching a tv by the liecencing people, so they sent him a letter saying he had to go to court, he then bought a liecence and they cancelled the court order.
Dont chance it tho.
One of my flat mates brother got caught red-handed watching a tv by the liecencing people, so they sent him a letter saying he had to go to court, he then bought a liecence and they cancelled the court order.
Dont chance it tho.
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nizzanz1
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after over a year of ignoring letters they take no action but keep knocking on the door. at some point they would either give up or if they had good reason to get a warrant they could get one, but i dont think they would. unless they heard /saw you watching tv. if they did have a warrant, before they come in, whip out your debit card, open your favourites saved online lincence form, quickly type in the details and click on buy. you now have a tv licence, and let them inside. tell them you have a licence, give them the order confirmation number.
