Another TV licence question

[flashpig]

Last year a few friends at uni had a tv but did not bother to buy a licence. The tv was capable in a sense of picking up a signal, but we were in a really weird position where, not matter what arials or doodahs were plugged in it COULD not pick up any channels. We also found it hard to get a signal for our mobiles if that sheds anly light on what was up. The question is - should they have bothered to buy a licence just to own the television that they could not have seen anything on even if they'd wanted to?

[flashpig]

(it was just used for dvds and xbox)

[flashpig]

And I assure you, at least as far as I can see this is different from the previous licence question. I am not meaning to do a blanks and blanks with you.

[Phantaxus]

If the tv has the components in it receive a signal then you are required by law to purchase a tv licence even if you are in an area where you cannot receive a signal.

[deanhunt]

Did you try a fork? At uni I found that a fork worked much better than an ariel. Shove a prong in the hole and see what happens