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RE: Which PC Monitor and Dam the BBC

Crash — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:56:55 GMT

Sorry to be a pain but they changed it again and its now easier to understand read here:

http://tvlicensing.metafaq.com/templates/tvlicensing/main/answerPage?_mftvst:answerRef=%24http%3a%2f%2fapi.transversal.com%2fmfapi%2fobjectref%2fEntryStore%2fEntry%2fhttp%3a%2f%2fwww.metafaq.com%2fmfapi%2fMetafaq%2fClients%2ftvlicensing%2fModules%2flicensingInfo%2fTopics%2fgeneral%3a134832%3a4&_mftvst:moduleID=%24licensingInfo&_mftvst:topicID=%24&id=IAB27N6MU9D39F0C07H12U39CS

What if I only use a TV to watch videos/DVDs/as a monitor for my games console? Do I still need a licence?
You do not need a TV Licence if you only use your TV to watch videos and DVDs or as a monitor for your games console.

RE: Which PC Monitor and Dam the BBC

Crash — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:52:39 GMT

The licence was changed no so long ago:

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.

Thats from there site and states you only need the licence if you are using (Not owning) your TV "to watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV".

If you are using your TV to play on the XBox360 then you have no need for a licence. Same goes for using a DVD Player and the internet.

This means though that if you stream BBC from there website you also need a TV licence regardless of if you have a TV or not. How do they know if your actually watching TV and not playing on the XBox?

They Dont!

All they do is check which houses do not have a licence and they send them letters etc reminding them thats why when you buy a new Tv they ask for your address so the TV Licence people know you bought one.

I have a TV licence in the wifes name and when I bought a new Tv they sent me a letter saying I didnt have a licence, they didnt even check the address.

RE: Which PC Monitor and Dam the BBC

Reign-Mack — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:14:20 GMT

^^i would be inclined to put them to the test on that.

RE: Which PC Monitor and Dam the BBC

Gorfinkle — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:32:06 GMT

I got caught on this issue a few years ago, because i had a dvd player and a 28" telly, but no ariel or broadcast signal coming into the house, the TV Licenceing Board said "I had the potential to download TV shows and movies so therefore i had to pay for a TV Licence" which i did.... so therefore get what you can afford and pay your licence

RE: Which PC Monitor and Dam the BBC

that70sjoe — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:32:14 GMT

Best try to buy your tv back then

RE: Which PC Monitor and Dam the BBC

dante666 — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 07:19:20 GMT

i do hear wot you are saying bud but unfortuneatly according to the the law anything that has a playback or a way to view that includes a pc os a no no and thus you need a license

Which PC Monitor and Dam the BBC

SealedGnu — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 22:17:06 GMT

In a skinflint bid to avoid paying the TV license and a skinflint way to play HD xbox I have given all my TV's away. I was planning on buying a vdidgi-z3 box so I could run my xbox thru my old skool pcmonitor but they only seem to make one a year (or the enslaved old woman they force to make them in hongkong has escaped/died) and I'm getting xbox cold turkey! Can anyone advise me on a good monitor to buy ( bearing in mind I'm poor enough to give my tellies way to save £130) that would work using a vga cable? Also on the TV liecence front according to the small print even if you have a phone that is capable of recieving live tv they can charge you the fee !!!! I'm b*ggerd if the BBC think they can charge me for accsesing the internet and I'm planning on fighting it so if any budding laywers out there have any advice or any rich people want to contribute to a fighting fund (I promise I wont spend it on a tv licencese and a 48" HD tv:w00t )any help would be much appreciated!