TV Licence Super Thread

visibleman · 2024-12-10T17:26:02+0000

throwaway4372 said:
Yeah, it has. SD is completely worthless in the age of 55 inch and above tvs.

SonicSW20 · 2024-12-10T17:27:13+0000

Felon said:
One thing that annoys me, is the weaponisation of the TV licence, the way they send these goons from Capita around to people's houses, get court orders and send police to enforce them - over what? the ******* TV?. It just doesn't matter, the TV is not an important issue - why all the muscle to bash people over the head, over something that is not a serious issue.

I've been waiting years for the goons to show up, despite the monthly letters they never do.

wingman · 2024-12-10T19:05:13+0000

SonicSW20 said:
I've been waiting years for the goons to show up, despite the monthly letters they never do.

It's a weird one, in the few houses I've lived I've never had someone physically turn up but family members in the same town have. No real rationale behind it I don't think.

tom_e · 2024-12-10T19:07:25+0000

We had one turn up many moons ago when I was a student, random bloke just started reading out a caution. Closed the door on him never to be seen again.

SonicSW20 · 2024-12-10T19:10:16+0000

wingman said:
It's a weird one, in the few houses I've lived I've never had someone physically turn up but family members in the same town have. No real rationale behind it I don't think.

Are the family members older, perhaps?

wingman · 2024-12-10T19:12:47+0000

SonicSW20 said:
Are the family members older, perhaps?

One household yes (parents), other household no (siblings of similar age).

But yeah maybe that would explain some of them for sure, parents being elderly, and sibling being female?

I'd hate to think that but you never know with these clowns.

Kenai · 2024-12-10T19:14:16+0000

tom_e said:
We had one turn up many moons ago when I was a student, random bloke just started reading out a caution. Closed the door on him never to be seen again.

We had a visit in a shared student house, I imagine they target known student areas and HMOs as another high success rate.

One of our housemates actually let the guy in to our house, prompting a brief panic to relocate the TV into the garden under a sheet whilst another housemate was telling him to leave and his invitation to enter had been withdrawn

I think someone bought a licence the next day and added it to the shared bills pool!

wingman · 2024-12-10T19:18:31+0000

Kenai said:
whilst another housemate was telling him to leave and his invitation to enter had been withdrawn

Yup you can just imagine students saying that haha

Kenai · 2024-12-10T19:19:10+0000

wingman said:
Yup you can just imagine students saying that haha

Rumour has it, the language used was a bit more colourful than that

JonRGV250 · 2024-12-10T19:31:56+0000

Kenai said:
We had a visit in a shared student house, I imagine they target known student areas and HMOs as another high success rate.

This you?

MartinPrince · 2024-12-10T19:41:27+0000

throwaway4372 said:
We will have to agree to disagree.
IMO anything SD is unwatchable.
News has the special requirement of displaying text on screen, so if anything I'd argue the clarity is even more important.

Nah, I used to watch BBC News 24 HD all the time and was a bit miffed when it was no longer in HD but it is still very watchable in SD and this is on a 77" LG OLED. The text etc is still very legible.

sityeuropa · 2024-12-11T09:27:57+0000

steve5424 said:
Oh no the world is a lie lol.

There is always one that believes the drivel on social media about fake news etc.

Please quote me exactly what I have lied about.

steve5424 · 2024-12-11T10:15:33+0000

sityeuropa said:
Please quote me exactly what I have lied about.

You literally stated 'the whole world was a lie pre social media'