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[minifreek]

Iv got a 50" Panasonic plasma, had it for about 7 years and it still a very clear bright and sharp picture, this replaced another 1st generation Pioneer 50" plasma thats still going strong and must be around 18 years old by now... I swapped the Toshiba 36" flatscreen (weighed around 95KG !!!!) that I had bought as a refurbed unit from a place I used to work as a TV installer/engineer and the fella I got the Pioneer from said it cost just shy of £3K when it was new...

It had a seperate screen and media box and didnt even have freeview built into it... and no HDMI input but I had it running in HD with hoe I connected it up...

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I only have 32" in the bedroom department 

I'm sure that is more than enough to keep young Mrs STMO happy......... maybe even a little worried.

[Rods2]

What is one of these TV things, then? Is my house mean't to have one as I keep getting threatening letters from the Boys Buggering Club threatening me with a spell in a Gulag where I don't have a licence for something I don't own.

[Terbs]

I might be off track here, Rods2, but nowadays, because telly can be watched through a computer, do they count that as a receiver !!

[Sir Tigger KC]

I might be off track here, Rods2, but nowadays, because telly can be watched through a computer, do they count that as a receiver !!

Yes if you watch catch up TV on a computer, tablet or even a mobile phone, whether it's the BBC's iplayer or one of the commercial stations catch up services, you need a licence. 

In Rods case given he dosn't have a TV in his house but may have several devices lying around that are capable of the above, I don't know how they would test, prove and enforce the law. 

Maybe send a SWAT team in?     

[Bigron]

GCHQ have "Listening Posts" dotted around the UK with highly specialised equipment capable of detecting what device you are viewing TV programmes on and which channel; I helped design some of said equipment in a previous life, so I know how well it works - so BEWARE, Rods 2.....

Ron.

P.S. I have a hardly-used Faraday Cage going cheap. if it's of interest?

[TD]

I might be off track here, Rods2, but nowadays, because telly can be watched through a computer, do they count that as a receiver !!

I think you only need a license if the equipment is able to show 'live' tv. Watching recorded programmes you dont. IIRC

[Nick W]

GCHQ have "Listening Posts" dotted around the UK with highly specialised equipment capable of detecting what device you are viewing TV programmes on and which channel; I helped design some of said equipment in a previous life, so I know how well it works - so BEWARE, Rods 2.....

Ron.

P.S. I have a hardly-used Faraday Cage going cheap. if it's of interest?

Now you're taking the Michael

[STEMO]

I might be off track here, Rods2, but nowadays, because telly can be watched through a computer, do they count that as a receiver !!

I think you only need a license if the equipment is able to show 'live' tv. Watching recorded programmes you dont. IIRC

Any piece of equipment that can download BBC iplayer enables you to watch live tv. Simply stating that you don't watch it, even though you could, shouldn't be a good enough reason to get away with paying the license fee.
Not that I'm saying the fee is justified.

[Kevin Wood]

Any piece of equipment that can download BBC iplayer enables you to watch live tv. Simply stating that you don't watch it, even though you could, shouldn't be a good enough reason to get away with paying the license fee.
Not that I'm saying the fee is justified.

Well, I'm correctly equipped for committing all sorts of crimes but I can't hear the feds knocking my door in.

The fact that the BBC don't secure any of their services adequately against unlicensed users is their problem. It doesn't justify them sending threatening letter to innocent people.

Besides, iPlayer is really secure. It asks you if you have a licence before activating. 

[Rods2]

I might be off track here, Rods2, but nowadays, because telly can be watched through a computer, do they count that as a receiver !!

I think you only need a license if the equipment is able to show 'live' tv. Watching recorded programmes you dont. IIRC

Any piece of equipment that can download BBC iplayer enables you to watch live tv. Simply stating that you don't watch it, even though you could, shouldn't be a good enough reason to get away with paying the license fee.
Not that I'm saying the fee is justified.

I hope your motorhome, caravan and motorcycle insurances are all valid and up-to-date?

[STEMO]

I might be off track here, Rods2, but nowadays, because telly can be watched through a computer, do they count that as a receiver !!

I think you only need a license if the equipment is able to show 'live' tv. Watching recorded programmes you dont. IIRC

Any piece of equipment that can download BBC iplayer enables you to watch live tv. Simply stating that you don't watch it, even though you could, shouldn't be a good enough reason to get away with paying the license fee.
Not that I'm saying the fee is justified.

I hope your motorhome, caravan and motorcycle insurances are all valid and up-to-date?

Now we have to work out who owns any of those three things, so we know who the licence dodger is referring to. 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

The only reason I buy a TV licence is to save the nagging I would get from swmbo if I didn't.
It really pains me to be forced to fund a Corporation I detest with a passion.
I don't believe the current setup can continue for that much longer with the fast changing world we live in though.

[Rods2]

I might be off track here, Rods2, but nowadays, because telly can be watched through a computer, do they count that as a receiver !!

I think you only need a license if the equipment is able to show 'live' tv. Watching recorded programmes you dont. IIRC

Any piece of equipment that can download BBC iplayer enables you to watch live tv. Simply stating that you don't watch it, even though you could, shouldn't be a good enough reason to get away with paying the license fee.
Not that I'm saying the fee is justified.

I hope your motorhome, caravan and motorcycle insurances are all valid and up-to-date?

Now we have to work out who owns any of those three things, so we know who the licence dodger is referring to. 

You don't have to own or use them, just use your crime definition as you might be tempted to and therefore should have insurance.

[STEMO]

I might be off track here, Rods2, but nowadays, because telly can be watched through a computer, do they count that as a receiver !!

I think you only need a license if the equipment is able to show 'live' tv. Watching recorded programmes you dont. IIRC

Any piece of equipment that can download BBC iplayer enables you to watch live tv. Simply stating that you don't watch it, even though you could, shouldn't be a good enough reason to get away with paying the license fee.
Not that I'm saying the fee is justified.

I hope your motorhome, caravan and motorcycle insurances are all valid and up-to-date?

Now we have to work out who owns any of those three things, so we know who the licence dodger is referring to. 

You don't have to own or use them, just use your crime definition as you might be tempted to and therefore should have insurance.

I'd have to have access to them first, which I haven't 
Did you watch Corrie last night? Awful goings on.