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Ive Got No Tv
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Ive got no tv,
Catching up on a few emails/PMs etc. Got a book on the go, trying to work out a driving route for tomorrow, cooking dinner for three, messing about on here, and trying to do a bit of DIY wherever I can.
Am I missing anything on the box?
There's just a few times that I miss a tv.
Other times I don't miss it at all...
Catching up on a few emails/PMs etc. Got a book on the go, trying to work out a driving route for tomorrow, cooking dinner for three, messing about on here, and trying to do a bit of DIY wherever I can.
Am I missing anything on the box?
There's just a few times that I miss a tv.
Other times I don't miss it at all...
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For a bit of clarification on the legal side of things, there's clearly some difference between the exact wording of the law and the way that it's applied in practice.
As an analogy, it's illegal to record TV programmes for anything other than short-term 'time shift' purposes. That means that if you record a programme off the telly you're technically obliged to delete that recording as soon as you've watched the programme. Keeping the recording to watch again in a few year's time is, by the strict wording of the law, illegal. However the reality is that you're not going to get a knock on your door and a summons in your hand simply because you've got every edition of Strictly Come Dancing since 2004 stored on DVDs or on your PVR.
Similarly, the Communications Act 2003 makes it an offence simply to 'install' a television receiver. So if you plug a telly in and connect an aerial to it then, by the strictest interpretation of the law, you need a licence, irrespective of whether you ever actually watch it or not. However if that telly is hidden away in your spare bedroom, under the mounds of junk that you store in it, the reality is that you're not likely to be prosecuted for not having a licence.
To get back a little closer to Nailit's original question though, I hardly ever watch telly. The last programmes I can remember watching were The Voice Kids shows back in July. I find the radio of far more interest to me, whether that be BBC radio, Classic FM or internet radio. I supplement that by scouring Youtube for the types of music that appeal to me.
I'll probably buy the Christmas Edition of the Radio Times as soon as it comes out, as I do every year, with the intention of watching a few more programmes over the festive period. However things might actually end up like they did last year when, throughout the whole of the fortnight covered by the special edition of the Radio Times, I only turned on the start of one film and then gave up watching it after 5 minutes. That, together with Jools Holland's New Year's Eve Hootenanny, was my entire seasonal viewing.
As an analogy, it's illegal to record TV programmes for anything other than short-term 'time shift' purposes. That means that if you record a programme off the telly you're technically obliged to delete that recording as soon as you've watched the programme. Keeping the recording to watch again in a few year's time is, by the strict wording of the law, illegal. However the reality is that you're not going to get a knock on your door and a summons in your hand simply because you've got every edition of Strictly Come Dancing since 2004 stored on DVDs or on your PVR.
Similarly, the Communications Act 2003 makes it an offence simply to 'install' a television receiver. So if you plug a telly in and connect an aerial to it then, by the strictest interpretation of the law, you need a licence, irrespective of whether you ever actually watch it or not. However if that telly is hidden away in your spare bedroom, under the mounds of junk that you store in it, the reality is that you're not likely to be prosecuted for not having a licence.
To get back a little closer to Nailit's original question though, I hardly ever watch telly. The last programmes I can remember watching were The Voice Kids shows back in July. I find the radio of far more interest to me, whether that be BBC radio, Classic FM or internet radio. I supplement that by scouring Youtube for the types of music that appeal to me.
I'll probably buy the Christmas Edition of the Radio Times as soon as it comes out, as I do every year, with the intention of watching a few more programmes over the festive period. However things might actually end up like they did last year when, throughout the whole of the fortnight covered by the special edition of the Radio Times, I only turned on the start of one film and then gave up watching it after 5 minutes. That, together with Jools Holland's New Year's Eve Hootenanny, was my entire seasonal viewing.
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