TV licence

[2013BRM]

Finally had my fill of the way the BBC behaves and want to stop supporting them, can anyone tell me what I am allowed to use to watch films, old documentaries etc?

[2013BRM]

Thanks, I can still use catchup or streaming using a box though?

[2013BRM]

Funk said:

michael gould said:

yep ....dont turn your TV on...

Guff.

OP, you can watch anything as long as it's not whilst it's being broadcast. You cannot watch or record a live signal, that's it.

Anything else is fine including streaming services such as Netflix, iPlayer, 4oD etc. There are lots of devices you can use to connect to your WiFi and stream from the net.

I went licence-free around 3-4 years ago and haven't missed it at all. Capita send threatening-sounding letters once a month but I ignore them (there is no legal requirement for me to have to engage with them so I don't).

what box do you recommend?

[2013BRM]

silverthorn2151 said:

The OP refers to 'the way the BBC behaves'.

What way. Give us a specific example please?

I am fed up with their bias, spoon fed Green propaganda and bloody abysmal standards of reporting, it has got to the stage that I resent supporting it

[2013BRM]

Willy Nilly said:

Condi said:

parkem50 said:

watching TV in somewhere like America is painful.

Yup. As much as the BBC is sometimes a pain in the arse, its 10000x better than CNN, Fox, or almost any other ad-paid channel. Watching US or Ozzie TV can be cringworthy; almost every 'item' is a promotion or product placement even within the shows themselves, before you even get to the 6 or 8 breaks an hour, rather than 2 on the BBC or 4 on ITV etc.

We are very lucky with the standard of the TV we get here. Dont take it for granted.

OP, go and spend some time in the US, watch their telly and report back. The BBC is pretty good really.

I spend nearly every working day in another country, I have travelled extensively to the US in the past and acknowledge the TV is ste there. This isn't a competition about who has the worst TV it's about me not wanting to support an organisation that blatantly flouts its impartiality according to the Charter it is supposed to abide by. When I come home I catch up on the news and watch films, so that involves Sky, RT, AJ and, for a laugh, the BBC

[2013BRM]

hi guys, once again, could anyone suggest a good 'box' with which to do this?

[2013BRM]

supersingle said:

2013BRM said:

hi guys, once again, could anyone suggest a good 'box' with which to do this?

I've had a Roku box for the past 5 years. Netflix, iPlayer, 4OD, ITV Player, 5, plus a load of other stuff and you can link to your computer using PLEX.

We canned the licence as we just didn't watch normal TV anymore.

thanks for that, do you have a model # or will anything do, like this?


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roku-2400EU-LT-AV-Receiv...

Edited by 2013BRM on Friday 20th February 13:06

[2013BRM]

ok, Netflix and Chromecast look good