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Not true. I and others I know use a TV only as a screen for videogames and do not watch TV in any form. You explicitly do not need a license just to own a TV.
by doctorfoo 6y ago
Not true. I and others I know use a TV only as a screen for videogames and do not watch TV in any form. You explicitly do not need a license just to own a TV.
- dsego 6y agoInteresting, in Croatia it's specifically a fee on owning any type of radio or tv receiver. Nowadays that applies to almost anything, from TVs and car radios to PCs and smartphones.
- bonzini 6y agoIn Italy it doesn't apply to PCs and smartphones. It does apply to DVB-T dongles though. It used to be a separate tax, now it's collected as part of the electric bill. You have to opt out explicitly instead of "opting in" by paying; this makes it much worse for people to evade the payment, since they would be making a false statement when opting out. So many people were evading the fee, that it has since been reduced by a third or so.
- Mauricebranagh 6y agoA lot of people say that but it is "not readily believable" to use a Civil Service Circumlocution. In that case why are you and those others not using a monitor.
- thesuitonym 6y agoI know you're just engaging in discussion, but non-TV monitors are typically more expensive than a similar sized TV.
- Mauricebranagh 6y agoAnd most TV's aren't very good as pc monitors.
- mlyle 6y agoI've got no TV service here in the US, but a couple large TVs. I watch movies on other media occasionally, but for the most part they're used for video games. Buying an 80" monitor isn't really cost efficient.