[access-uk] Re: stand alone TV receiver
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:19:58 -0000
Peter,
Digging deeper at the TV Licensing web page, the following
came up. It also transpires that my friend who got clobbered
was actually using a video recorder to record sound from a
TV aerial, even though he had no actual TV. So you need to
be VERY careful in the light of how they have worded the
second paragraph in brackets.
George.
Do I need a licence if I haven't got a TV and I watch telly
on my laptop?
The law requires everyone, including students, to be covered
by a licence if they use any device to receive television
programmes as they're being shown on TV. This includes any
TV set, DVD or video recorder, digital box, PC, laptop or
mobile phone.
(If you use a digital box with a music 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.)
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Logue
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:22 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: stand alone TV receiver
I believe, even if you don't receive a picture, but you do
receive an audio
television signal, you are still obliged by law to purchase
a television
license.
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
David W Wood
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 8:51 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] stand alone TV receiver
All:
please could you help someone on another list - his message
as follows:
Hi All & Happy New Year to you all (any of you getting fed
up of people
saying that yet?)
I'm trying to find out if anyone has any information about
TV Tuners. RNIB
used to sell a TV Tuner for blind people. Basically this
was a small unit,
similar in size to a portable radio, that broadcast TV
programmes like a
radio - using audio, no picture.
A couple of people that I work with are looking at buying a
TV and then
buying a freeview box to go with it so that they can get
audio description.
They haven't the money to by an LCD TV (especially the Sony
Bravia), and, as
they are blind and don't need to see the screen, I thought
that a TV Tuner
would be more suitable. Also, the TV Tuners meant that you
didn't need a
license to use them saving more money!
Does anyone know of a TV Tuner on the market? If not, has
anyone any ideas
on a good solution to a simple problem?
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