:-(
A former member
Why not go the whole hog and raise it to £150.
CW
Charlie Wells
Moderator
An interesting note in that article is "Anyone still using a black and white TV will need to pay an extra 50p a year, with the annual black and white TV licence rising to £49.50". I struggle to believe there are 9,300 (as of Dec 2015) people still genuinely only connecting to black & white TVs. Even if there genuinely was that many people the amount could do with an above inflation increase to nearer half (ie. £73.50), or phasing out this arguably obsolete licence option.
NJ
Neil Jones
Founding member
I suspect I may have asked this before but do genuine black and white TVs have external input support? Or is there a genuine demand to modify them to add a SCART/HDMI socket to archive sets for Freeview purposes?
LL
London Lite
Founding member
On my Facebook, people are already moaning about the £1.50 price rise. Considering it's been frozen for the last few years, this small rise is relative and thanks to our wonderful government, the BBC will still have to cut services to meet the over 75's subsidy in 2020.
Last edited by London Lite on 1 March 2017 5:14pm
IS
I'm not sure there's even such a thing as a genuine black and white TV any more (there were black and white sets available after colour 625 came about).
The rule always used to be that the receiver had to be black and white and that ruled out videos as they had 'colour' tuners. That is the case with all TV reception equipment today
I suspect I may have asked this before but do genuine black and white TVs have external input support? Or is there a genuine demand to modify them to add a SCART/HDMI socket to archive sets for Freeview purposes?
I'm not sure there's even such a thing as a genuine black and white TV any more (there were black and white sets available after colour 625 came about).
The rule always used to be that the receiver had to be black and white and that ruled out videos as they had 'colour' tuners. That is the case with all TV reception equipment today
RE
£700 million - the equivalent of the budgets of TWO, FOUR and the two children's channels. A modest increase in my opinion, but it's not going to be helping funding thanks to the government wanting the BBC to pay for over 75's licence fees.
On my Facebook, people are already moaning about the £1.50 price rise. Considering it's been frozen for the last few years, this small rise is relative and thanks to our wonderful government, the BBC will still have to cut services to meet the over 75's subsidy in 2020.
£700 million - the equivalent of the budgets of TWO, FOUR and the two children's channels. A modest increase in my opinion, but it's not going to be helping funding thanks to the government wanting the BBC to pay for over 75's licence fees.
:-(
A former member
On my Facebook, people are already moaning about the £1.50 price rise. Considering it's been frozen for the last few years, this small rise is relative and thanks to our wonderful government, the BBC will still have to cut services to meet the over 75's subsidy in 2020.
DE
I'm not sure there's even such a thing as a genuine black and white TV any more (there were black and white sets available after colour 625 came about).
The rule always used to be that the receiver had to be black and white and that ruled out videos as they had 'colour' tuners. That is the case with all TV reception equipment today
Yes, I don't know why they're watching or how they're receiving the signal, but my understanding is also that if you have a colour receiver with a b/w set, you still need a colour license. I don't think anyone makes a b/w Freeview set... unless you know different!!
I suspect I may have asked this before but do genuine black and white TVs have external input support? Or is there a genuine demand to modify them to add a SCART/HDMI socket to archive sets for Freeview purposes?
I'm not sure there's even such a thing as a genuine black and white TV any more (there were black and white sets available after colour 625 came about).
The rule always used to be that the receiver had to be black and white and that ruled out videos as they had 'colour' tuners. That is the case with all TV reception equipment today
Yes, I don't know why they're watching or how they're receiving the signal, but my understanding is also that if you have a colour receiver with a b/w set, you still need a colour license. I don't think anyone makes a b/w Freeview set... unless you know different!!
MY
You can still get Freeview receivers that can output to RF.
I suspect I may have asked this before but do genuine black and white TVs have external input support? Or is there a genuine demand to modify them to add a SCART/HDMI socket to archive sets for Freeview purposes?
You can still get Freeview receivers that can output to RF.