Multi-Unit Setup?

[Reddwarf]

Well yes, my goal was to get rid of the TV-set itself, because in Norway you have to pay a fee of about US$ 450 twice a year just to own a TV (or a video recorder with tuner)! However there is no fee for a PC-plugin card that can receive tv signals

[steeb]

Well yes, my goal was to get rid of the TV-set itself, because in Norway you have to pay a fee of about US$ 450 twice a year just to own a TV (or a video recorder with tuner)! However there is no fee for a PC-plugin card that can receive tv signals

Hiya Reddwarf. Really! and is that a per TV charge? i.e. own 2 TV's and pay double? Or a per house charge? And it is OK to have a TV signal display though a PC monitor no charge? This is why I like this forum so much to learn

[Reddwarf]

Hiya Reddwarf. Really! and is that a per TV charge? i.e. own 2 TV's and pay double? Or a per house charge? And it is OK to have a TV signal display though a PC monitor no charge? This is why I like this forum so much to learn

You'r allowed 3 tv sets pr household pr fee. Initially they tried to charge me by claiming that once I put in a capturecard I had turned the pc into a tv, but the department of culture and education did not agree, and stated that a pc with a tv capturecard is still a pc. So I won

[steeb]

You'r allowed 3 tv sets pr household pr fee. Initially they tried to charge me by claiming that once I put in a capturecard I had turned the pc into a tv, but the department of culture and education did not agree, and stated that a pc with a tv capturecard is still a pc. So I won

Well done Sir! You stuck to your guns So that's all TV's off to the local recycling centre from your house soon then

[johnsonx42]

wow, $900 per year just for the priveledge of having a TV. I guess that's like paying for cable here.

Reddwarf I'm surprised you won that ruling - it seems patently obvious that a PC with a TV capture card has effectively become a TV. But good for you, and I hope it lasts.

[ga_mueller]

Well yes, my goal was to get rid of the TV-set itself, because in Norway you have to pay a fee of about US$ 450 twice a year just to own a TV (or a video recorder with tuner)! However there is no fee for a PC-plugin card that can receive tv signals

That is nothing short of amazing... I had no idea. I bitch and moan about $16 for basic cable, for 20 channels, 15 of which are HD.

[Reddwarf]

Well done Sir! You stuck to your guns So that's all TV's off to the local recycling centre from your house soon then

Thanks! Yes, I'v already thrown out all the tv-sets and uses a large flatscreen monitor. But it was a 3 year struggle with the national broadcasting company.
(We also have to pay for cable in addition)

[martint123]

The UK is similar but not so expensive for a TV licence. Sadly they went the other way with PC tuner cards and insist that watching or recording stuff on a PC that is in realtime with broadcast TV requires a licence.
Viewing recordings that are not realtime do not need a licence.

If you truly do not have a TV, convincing the money grabbers is a Herculean task.

[Reddwarf]

The UK is similar but not so expensive for a TV licence. Sadly they went the other way with PC tuner cards and insist that watching or recording stuff on a PC that is in realtime with broadcast TV requires a licence.
Viewing recordings that are not realtime do not need a licence.

If you truly do not have a TV, convincing the money grabbers is a Herculean task.

I know, they have inspectors that have visited my home a couple of times, and not found any real tv.

[imilne]

Yes, if we even stream stuff live in the UK (without a capture card) that's enough to require a licence, which currently runs at about £145 a year. It's only actually for the BBC, but you need one regardless of which channels you watch. Subscriptions for cable/satellite packages are then additional on top of that fee.

I only actually know one person without a licence, and he had a hell of a battle to convince the powers that be that he didn't watch broadcast TV any more. We just removed the (disconnected for years) aerial from his roof a couple of weeks ago too.

Iain