Way OT: Crazy Brits! ;-) & Amateur TV (was: These darned old

From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Wed Aug 28 19:36:00 2002

Ross Archer wrote:
> Tony Duell wrote:
>
>>>Weirder & weirder... You mean that if any Brits wish to receive only B&W
>>>broadcasts [and have the hardware to prove it], the tax levy is different
>>>than color??? After almost 40 years of color TV technology, they still
>>
>>YEs, it's _a lot_ less (about 1/3rd of the colour license IIRC).
>
>
> So if you watch your TV on an RGB monitor and promise to
> disconnect the Green, do you get a 1/3 discount? :)
>
> -- Ross
>
>
no ... you disconnect the red and blue. Green is left for the 3 inch
scope tube you are using. :)
Received on Wed Aug 28 2002 - 19:36:00 BST