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Re:Have you cut the cord yet? Why? Why not? by old-gregg on Saturday October 30, 2010 @02:40PM (#1851490)
In other words you can't own a TV? I have one and use it primarily as a monitor hooked up to PS2/BlueRay or a laptop every once in a while. It also has built-in Ethernet with Netflix. Just a tool to watch movies. I don't have cable and never use antenna. Just curious: if I lived in UK, sounds like I would have to pay someone $300/year for crap I don't use?

Thanks!

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Re:Have you cut the cord yet? Why? Why not? by samstokes on Saturday October 30, 2010 @03:10PM (#1851552)
You can own one without a license, so long as you don't receive live broadcasts.

However, the TV licensing authority operates in a paramilitary fashion, so they try to scare you into paying for a license even if you don't need one (as the GP describes).

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