Getting rid of TV - home cinema?

[GSD4ME]

We are moving house soon and my wife has suggested that we do without a TV in the new one - I'm not 100% sure but I could live without one, as we both watch very little TV and what we do want to see we catch up with on the BBC iPlayer, which you do NOT need a licence for as long as the feed is not of 'live' programmes - info from the BBC's own site so please don't try and get into a thread about the legality of this as it is covered in other threads on this site, the BBC's and others!

Anyhow, we own the TV set, we have a DVD player and a digital PVR. Now we would obviously need to get rid of the PVR as it is a 'receiving' device under the terms of the relevant legislation. However - how can I watch my DVDs? The TV set is a bog-standard one (no built-in Freeview receiver).
Is anyone able to advise us as to how to proceed to stay legal but still be able to watch my DVDs?
What is a 'home cinema' capable of and what is its legla status?

many thanks

[tonymclark]

I think you should be able to get a monitor (basically, a TV that doesn't receive transmitted programmes) that you can hook up your DVD player to. The editing equipment in the studio I work in has monitors that can play the commercials we are working on, but they don't receive TV signals.
Sadly my technical know-how is virtually nil, so I couldn't say what monitors they use.

[ChuckFickens]

Buy a computer monitor, connect to computer.

Your computer can play DVD's and iplayer so thats all you need.

[R1Geezer]

It is quite legal to only watch DVD's on your TV as long as you are not receiving a signal. This was tested in court in the 80's. It is recomended though that the ariel input is removed from your TV and none of your other devices have an ariel input.

[deggers316]

buy a projector approx £500 to £3000
excellent pictures, downside the bulbs only last around 3000 hours and are approx £200 to replace

[deggers316]

should have said of course the dvd player connects to the projector

[Best Guess]

Rather than watching programmes on the computer download them to an external hard drive and use a Sumvision Cyclone Micro Media Player to connect to the TV so you can watch in comfort rather than huddles round a small screen on an uncomforatable chair. Device costs less than £25 and is really useful for playing different media.