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13,000 UK households still using black and white TVs
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article published on 12 January, 2013
In the age of 4K resolution and OLED super displays, some people seem to just not care.
The UK's television licensing authority has announced that just over 13,000 households in the region are still using black and white TVs, even though color broadcasts began on BBC in 1967.
While the display is certainly not current, users may have other motives for keeping them. A b&w TV license ... [ read the full article ]
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ddp
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18. January 2013 @ 11:32 |
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taysider, post edited.
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Bozobub
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18. January 2013 @ 12:02 |
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Originally posted by taysider:
there is no such thing as a tv licence,you have never required a licence for mere ownership of a television,it is a broadcast reception licence.And to the edited by ddp bozobub why would you make the assumption that most black and white licences will be held by scots and welsh people.Tvl quite clearly states that these licences are held accross the uk and as england is the largest constituent country in the uk it would be a fair assumption that most will be held in england sorry to burst your stupid anti welsh/scots bubble
I'm not anti-Scot or Welsh, silly git. I figure that, since they are on the average FAR more rural than England itself, they would be less tied to the idiot box; farmers tend to not have a lot of free time to watch TV. Furthermore, both the Welsh and Scots are quite well-known to be crusty "auld sods", in general.
Put that back in your pants; if you can't take a mild bad joke, get off the internet, lest your head explodes.
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ddp
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18. January 2013 @ 12:52 |
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idiot banned, posts deleted. i'm at least 2nd generation born english canadian but my background is from montreal, ireland, england & texas.
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xboxd00d
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18. January 2013 @ 13:39 |
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Just to chip in, I pay a tv licence which is just for the bbc, which sux but is pretty good if your watching cos it means no advertising spoils your program or movie.
That being said I would take more advertising any day than pay for my tv licence cos I just record everything I watch on my dvr so the ads can be skipped through.
As for tv in the usa, I have been twice and while watching tv I did think it was insane how much advertising you have to endure, a 30min broadcast should not have 2 or more breaks for commercials.
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leglessoz
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19. January 2013 @ 05:57 |
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Yeah no TV licence fees here in Australia and look at the damned fine TV we've created and shared with the world - Skippy, Prisoner, Home and Away, Neighbours. I'm so proud I'm almost choked with tears here. Just excuse me while I go vomit and have a quiet chuckle to myself.
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DADEO1
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19. January 2013 @ 07:54 |
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TV license, what the heck is that? Thanks alot for bringing that up. This will be added to the list of "what stuff haven't we thought of a way to tax yet". Another thing, the U.S. Top Gear sucks, the U.K. version way better, by far. What the heck, here's some more crap, this reality TV crap has got to come to an end. What lazy, cheap, talentless crap. What's next, Reality TV-The Movie, The Kardashians Movie. Give me a Three Stooges Festival any day. Now, what's on the radio....oh no, no, tell me this isn't happening.
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19. January 2013 @ 22:07 |
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Originally posted by leglessoz:
Yeah no TV licence fees here in Australia
We used to have radio and tv license fees here in Australia. When I was a uni student in the late 1960s the student hostel I lived in only allowed residents to have a radio in their room if they had a paid up license.
When I went to the UK for post-grad study in the mid 1980s we used to get cards in the letter box telling us we needed to get a TV license. We did not have a tv set there so we just chucked them. But every few months there was another one, so one day we got our young son to scribble on the card and we posted it off. We never got another card after that. Somewhere there is a bureaucrat who understands messy little boy scribble. :)
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20. January 2013 @ 04:25 |
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Originally posted by Dr_Shifty:
Originally posted by leglessoz:
Yeah no TV licence fees here in Australia
We used to have radio and tv license fees here in Australia. When I was a uni student in the late 1960s the student hostel I lived in only allowed residents to have a radio in their room if they had a paid up license.
When I went to the UK for post-grad study in the mid 1980s we used to get cards in the letter box telling us we needed to get a TV license. We did not have a tv set there so we just chucked them. But every few months there was another one, so one day we got our young son to scribble on the card and we posted it off. We never got another card after that. Somewhere there is a bureaucrat who understands messy little boy scribble. :)
ive never had to pay for a tv or radio licence living in australia.ive been here since 1986.
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21. January 2013 @ 02:47 |
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Originally posted by xboxdvl2:
Originally posted by Dr_Shifty:
Originally posted by leglessoz:
Yeah no TV licence fees here in Australia
We used to have radio and tv license fees here in Australia. When I was a uni student in the late 1960s the student hostel I lived in only allowed residents to have a radio in their room if they had a paid up license.
When I went to the UK for post-grad study in the mid 1980s we used to get cards in the letter box telling us we needed to get a TV license. We did not have a tv set there so we just chucked them. But every few months there was another one, so one day we got our young son to scribble on the card and we posted it off. We never got another card after that. Somewhere there is a bureaucrat who understands messy little boy scribble. :)
ive never had to pay for a tv or radio licence living in australia.ive been here since 1986.
That means you missed this on the telly. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5B_6qPW0k8
Frank Thring was a well known actor back then.
They got rid of them in 1974.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_licence#Australia
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