Objection in principle
Guest Blogger – Trefor Hopkins
I admit that I might have (before I ditched cable) watched old bbc reruns on certain channels, and yes, i listen to certain national BBC radio stations.
Apart from that I basically want a TV to watch DVD’s on. There is almost nothing on terrestrial worth watching often enough to bother with. Game shows, reality shows sports and soaps are not even remotely on my radar. Take these away and you have very little left.
The legal argument is based on the TV being capable of receiving therefore you must pay. This is ‘guilty til proven innocent’ which is at odds with the rest of British Law.
I accept that it costs money to produce national radio stations and have no problem with paying for them. I don’t want to pay to watch telly that I only ever turn on to play DVDs though.
May 11th, 2010 at 2:58 am
I, like you, only keep a TV to watch DVDs on, but having cancelled my TV License, I received a letter last week demanding that I buy a License “immediately”.
I telephoned them to object, stating that I have removed the aerial from the socket, but they argued that as long as I have said TV, I have equipment on which I can receive live television signals and must, therefore, get a License.
I asked where I could buy a TV that does not receive television signals and the man at the other end laughed, saying I couldn’t. Catch 22!
I’m still not buying a license, though!