TV License for PC?

Tom0 said:
not all, most. im just repeating myself now...
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But you said "not watch anything"!

Anyway, if you're just watching analogue you'll be no worse off, in fact you'll be better off as the picture quality is better, and you'll also at the very least get lots more BBC channels.
 
They won't charge us a monthly fee for digital, just something Tom0 has made up it seems. As for the licence fee, i'm quite happy to pay for it, you get a lot for your money.
 
jidh007 said:
They won't charge us a monthly fee for digital, just something Tom0 has made up it seems. As for the licence fee, i'm quite happy to pay for it, you get a lot for your money.
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eh, I didnt say they WILL I said I EXPECT them too.
 
I think TV licensing purposefully word things in a way that means you have to read them very carefully to understand what it means. I think they hope it will confuse people into getting a TV licence when they don't need to.
 
howiepoohs said:
You have to be careful of the handheld "TV detectors" they use. They have flashy lights and make beep beep noises. The TV detector vans were my personal favorite, a bloke sitting in the back with no actual equipment other than a clip board and a pen (or pencil) as it not possible to detect TV radiation from other background radiation.
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Yes the detector vans are only a guy with a big list of who doesn't have a TV licence.

However as far as not being able to detect TV radiation from background radiation, that's not strictly true. Even with fairly simple equipment I can detect the local oscillator of most TVs from a distance of a few feet from both the TV and leakage through the mixer to the aerial. With specialised equipment it would be a lot further.

The timebase scanning coils are ridiculously noisy at 14.625 Khz as well as associated harmonics and are very easy to detect from ~30' with the simplest of tuners.

Oh and don't forget there's always van Eck phreaking techniques (aka TEMPEST)

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AcidHell2 said:
yes it does.
But is covered by your tv licence to watch anywhere.
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I thought there was a case brought up a while back that truckers needed a seperate licence for tv installed in their lorries, since they were classing it as a permanent installation? (Unlike caravaners who only use it for holidays etc)

edit appears they dumped that idea but see below /edit
 
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Sp!ke said:
Yes the detector vans are only a guy with a big list of who doesn't have a TV licence.

However as far as not being able to detect TV radiation from background radiation, that's not strictly true. Even with fairly simple equipment I can detect the local oscillator of most TVs from a distance of a few feet from both the TV and leakage through the mixer to the aerial. With specialised equipment it would be a lot further.

The timebase scanning coils are ridiculously noisy at 14.625 Khz as well as associated harmonics and are very easy to detect from ~30' with the simplest of tuners.
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say one had a usb tv tuner and just unplugged it when they came around hid it wore it s pen drive etc,, would they still detect it when turned off.
 
Tefal said:
say one had a usb tv tuner and just unplugged it when they came around hid it wore it s pen drive etc,, would they still detect it when turned off.
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No and they can't use detection in the court of law. Basically, they scare you till you let them in. Then they can find the equipment.
 
Allegedly under that 'mains powered' thing, if you watch TV on your laptop when unplugged from the mains you don't have to pay TV licence fee, no doubt they'll still bust you for it though
 
Tefal said:
say one had a usb tv tuner and just unplugged it when they came around hid it wore it s pen drive etc,, would they still detect it when turned off.
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No, As it won't be radiating. But as AcidHell pointed out they have no right of access to your property.

edit: duh too slow :D
 
jidh007 said:
Allegedly under that 'mains powered' thing, if you watch TV on your laptop when unplugged from the mains you don't have to pay TV licence fee, no doubt they'll still bust you for it though
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I would fight it! Under their own regulations:

for the use anywhere of any television receiver powered solely by its own internal batteries by the licensee or by a person normally living with the licensee at the specified location.
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So as long as there was a licence which covered the above then they could whistle :D
 
I find it hard to believe that nobody else has mentioned that the BBC is actually considering introduceing a PC lisence of some sort. No doubt members here may have heard that they're haveing funding problems, and it wouldn't be happening within the next 8 years or so, but the BBC is currently considering adding a lisence for PC's based on the fact that they also have "online services". Personally, I'm more than happy to use Google when it comes to finding news related sites.
 
techmonkey said:
I find it hard to believe that nobody else has mentioned that the BBC is actually considering introduceing a PC lisence of some sort. No doubt members here may have heard that they're haveing funding problems, and it wouldn't be happening within the next 8 years or so, but the BBC is currently considering adding a lisence for PC's based on the fact that they also have "online services". Personally, I'm more than happy to use Google when it comes to finding news related sites.
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I've not heard anything about it, outside of the usual wild speculation and rumour that is rife on the internet.
 
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