Posted September 21, 2006 well the shop that sells you the tv card is supposed to pass on your details to the tv licence people so they can check up on you. So, they won't even know that I'm using it (as the place it was bought from/delivered to has a TV license, but my flat doesnt).. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 21, 2006 in that case then you just have to be careful of a random check then Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 30, 2006 Interesting thing that I have found: http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/students.jsp Aren't I covered by my parents' licence while I'm away? - No. Unless your TV is powered by internal batteries, such as a pocket-sized TV. If you think that this is the case, please call us on 0870 241 5973 to check that you are eligible for cover on your parents' licence. A laptop/TV card is powered by internal batteries, so I could watch TV to, after all. I'll phone them tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 30, 2006 The TV licensing people have full access to your house if they inform you of their intent to check up on you twenty-four hours in advance. They don't, contrary to popular belief, have to inform you beforehand. TV licences are specific to a 'living area'. In halls of residence, for example, in a flat with six bedrooms and a central living area, if you can lock your doors, then each room counts as a separate area. If you have a TV in the main room and one in your room, that's two licences - a potential of seven for the whole flat (or £840 all told), which is an absolute scandal. We had this situation last year, and three of us had licences while the other three did not. We got a letter warning us to get licences for those addresses that were not licenced, but there is no way that they can prove in that situation that you are watching without one. The TV detector van is in no way accurate. If you have two TVs in your house, one upstairs and one downstairs, it might be able to differentiate between the two, but that's when the units are far apart from each other. In a hall, with rooms placed tightly together and with a TV in each one, you probably won't get caught. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 30, 2006 Interesting thing that I have found: http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/information/students.jsp A laptop/TV card is powered by internal batteries, so I could watch TV to, after all. I'll phone them tomorrow. I presume they would say something like "but as soon as you charge it, you are plugging it into a socket, and thus it is running through the AC rather than internal batteries." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
