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we have to pay the BBC for a TV licence here in the UK. About $250 a year to receive proper live TV.

You're kidding? Here you just have to buy a TV. Of course, if you want anything besides basic channels you have to buy a package of some sort, either cable or dish.

If you purchase a TV the BBC licensing agency gets notified, then they'll send you a letter telling you you need a license. Only if you bought it for a household that doesn't all ready have a license though. They can even legally come in to your house and check to see if you're receiving TV without a license. Which can lead to massive fines and all that good stuff.

Wow...that blows my mind...

Only place I know that does it. BBC pretty much owns the TV industry here.

*nods* You don't have to buy a cable or dish package here if you don't want to. You can still get local channels.

We get 4 basic channels that don't require digital, but two of them a BBC channels. You even need a license to receive those for basic ones.

So my Tv is not connected to anything in any way. Just a PS3/Wii for Netflix and it has a USB port for playing shows I have on my PC.

Well, at least you can still watch movies and such.

I have to resort to torrenting shows and being all illegal because i don't have the money to pay for such things. I feel sort of bad about it, but I'm about 6 years behind on shows Dx

Well, that sucks. Don't you have a neighbor you can watch TV with?

-chuckles- You people post in here more than I do.

Heheh, we get on a roll and can't stop.

So I see! It's great to see you two getting long so well.

Heheh, I like his sense of humor.

Ducky is pretty damn fantastic. I admired him from afar long before we actually became friends.

Both of you are, actually!