Re: Want to use HD TV as monitor - don't need licence?
Although incidentally it does mean that you're covered to watch TV on your laptop (either via tuner or live on the internet) provided:
a) your 'other home' i.e. parent's address has a license and
b) its not plugged in while you're watching it.
Quite how they could EVER prove it was plugged in without forensic examination of the laptop I don't know, but there you go.
Re: Want to use HD TV as monitor - don't need licence?
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Originally Posted by
Random_guy
Although incidentally it does mean that you're covered to watch TV on your laptop (either via tuner or live on the internet) provided:
a) your 'other home' i.e. parent's address has a license and
b) its not plugged in while you're watching it.
Quite how they could EVER prove it was plugged in without forensic examination of the laptop I don't know, but there you go.
Oh yeah... didn't think of it like that! lol
And sounds good, so I can bring my 32" TV to Uni for use solely on my PS3?
Re: Want to use HD TV as monitor - don't need licence?
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Originally Posted by
scaryjim
You're taking the bit you've quoted at the bottom out of context. It's a special clause that lets you watch TV on a portable battery-powered TV set and be covered by your home / parents TV license. i.e. it's a special condition under which you can watch TV without having your own TV license.
Otherwise the normal rules apply, so if you're not watching or recording broadcast TV you don't need a TV license. The key bit is this:
The two bold sentences are an either / or selection, not both!
I just revisited the website I linked to earlier and at the bottom of the page it says this:
*You don't need a licence if*
"All of the following are true:
* Your out-of-term address is covered by a TV Licence AND
* You only use TV receiving equipment that is powered solely by its own internal batteries AND
* You have not connected it to an aerial or plugged it into the mains."
Doesn't sound like it matters whether or not its battery powered or not. It says AND at the end of all three bullet points. Unless bullet point three is a continuation of bullet point two :S :S :S :S