Another pointless thread
Posted 09/05/2010 - 18:37
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Oggy wrote:
[quote:3496ace15f="womble"]Not getting a TV when I moved here in 2002 was the best decision I ever made.
I don't have a telly either... But I do have a computer with a TV-card and of course a Digital TV receiver box. A very good solution if one wants to minimize the amount of stuff in one's room and you can watch telly while surfin' on the Internet too.[quote:3496ace15f="womble"]Not getting a TV when I moved here in 2002 was the best decision I ever made.
Regards,
Tobio
Best regards,
Tobio
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Tobio
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Posted 09/05/2010 - 18:58
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Apparently Loewe uses Sharp screens.
So buy a Sharp and save yourself loads of money
So buy a Sharp and save yourself loads of money
Hyram
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Posted 09/05/2010 - 20:20
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Oggy wrote:
I have a friend who does not have one. This is beyond the comprehension of the licensing authorities who at least once a year end up threatening him with court action.
I wrote to them when I first moved in stating that as this was a rented apartment it had a TV aerial socket but that I wasn't using it and had no intention of doing so, and have never heard from them since. I have heard of other people being hassled though. It is a funny world where not having a TV seems incomprehensible. What I find interesting is how many people start conversations with "Did you see... last night?" even when they know I don't have a TV, and some even continue to discuss it as if I cared. Very odd...womble wrote:
Not getting a TV when I moved here in 2002 was the best decision I ever made.
Don't you get hassled for this Kris?Not getting a TV when I moved here in 2002 was the best decision I ever made.
I have a friend who does not have one. This is beyond the comprehension of the licensing authorities who at least once a year end up threatening him with court action.
K.
Kris Lockyear
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It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Posted 09/05/2010 - 22:54
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Our office at work used to be occupied and had a TV license.
When 'Mac' died, a shock to us all, his flat became part of the property and the licence lapsed.
After several years and quite a few visits the authorities agrees we don't need one.
Guess what arrived last month?s
When 'Mac' died, a shock to us all, his flat became part of the property and the licence lapsed.
After several years and quite a few visits the authorities agrees we don't need one.
Guess what arrived last month?s
Cheers, HG
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PPG entries.
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
Posted 09/05/2010 - 23:18
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what I want to know is, if you dont have a TV reciever and so dont have a TV license, can you get away with watching TV on your PC?
Not that I'm wanting to fiddle the BBC of course, god forbid me even having such thoughts
Anyway we just spent a fortune on a new 46" Samsung Backlit model, all we need now is a HD reciever
And to think I could have had a 300mmDA* and a divorce instead
Not that I'm wanting to fiddle the BBC of course, god forbid me even having such thoughts
Anyway we just spent a fortune on a new 46" Samsung Backlit model, all we need now is a HD reciever
And to think I could have had a 300mmDA* and a divorce instead
Posted 09/05/2010 - 23:21
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No. the licence is for TV receiver equipment. This argument came up when VCRs appeared. People tried to get away with a VCR and a monitor.
Posted 09/05/2010 - 23:26
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The only things I watch on BBC are Ashes to Ashes, Dr Who, and Top Gear. For several years we were paying for content that we couldn't receive, in the form of BBC digital channels. There was no talk of partial refunds or reduced licence fees.
TV Licencing gained my everlasting scorn when they more or less called me a liar in print for writing to them and explaining that no, I didn't have a TV in my hall of residence. Frankly they seem to be a law unto themselves, allowed to harass and bully the general public with no accountability.
"Detector vans" are a load of rubbish by the way, they're just minibuses. All they do is find addresses with no licence and hassle them.
TV Licencing gained my everlasting scorn when they more or less called me a liar in print for writing to them and explaining that no, I didn't have a TV in my hall of residence. Frankly they seem to be a law unto themselves, allowed to harass and bully the general public with no accountability.
"Detector vans" are a load of rubbish by the way, they're just minibuses. All they do is find addresses with no licence and hassle them.
Matt
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Shooting the Welsh Wilderness with K-m, KX, MX, ME Super and assorted lenses.
Posted 10/05/2010 - 00:54
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No, detector vans did work, but when was the last time you saw one?
These days they simply assume every household has a TV.
For me, it's Top gear, Spooks, Dr Who, the one about the pathologists and one or two documentaries on BBC4.
These days they simply assume every household has a TV.
For me, it's Top gear, Spooks, Dr Who, the one about the pathologists and one or two documentaries on BBC4.
Posted 10/05/2010 - 08:12
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Apparently you need a licence to watch 'live' transmissions by the BBC over the internet, but not recorded ones!
How can they tell?
How can they tell?
Cheers, HG
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Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
Posted 10/05/2010 - 08:32
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Oggy wrote:
No, detector vans did work, but when was the last time you saw one?
These days they simply assume every household has a TV.
For me, it's Top gear, Spooks, Dr Who, the one about the pathologists and one or two documentaries on BBC4.
They are still there but a lot smaller and some of the staff have hand held devices too. But given the newer technology with screen and very low power LOs current television technology is near impossible to detect except when very close.
No, detector vans did work, but when was the last time you saw one?
These days they simply assume every household has a TV.
For me, it's Top gear, Spooks, Dr Who, the one about the pathologists and one or two documentaries on BBC4.
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K20D, *istD, MZ-S, Super-A, ME Super, MX
DA* 16-50, DA* 50-135, DA* 300,
DA 50-200, FA 24-90, FA 20-35,
M 400-600, A 50 f1.4, A 28 f2.8, A 70-210, M 35-80, M 50 f1.7
A x2S teleconverter and a few others ...
Posted 10/05/2010 - 09:07
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Thank goodness we live in a place where there's none of this cr@p... Free-to-air TV - analogue and digital - for the time being at least...
Posted 10/05/2010 - 09:23
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you can't watch iPlayer over here, it doesn't work. Then they moved a lot of the cbeebies stuff to iPlayer, too... very irritating.
Bret
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Posted 10/05/2010 - 10:16
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Imagine if Clarkson was to make a Top Gear Programme about photography.
What camera would he slag off? Which would he rave about?
What camera would he slag off? Which would he rave about?
Friendly Regards
Graham
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Not getting a TV when I moved here in 2002 was the best decision I ever made.
I have a friend who does not have one. This is beyond the comprehension of the licensing authorities who at least once a year end up threatening him with court action.