Ski Bunny Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Hi there! can anyone teall me if you have to pay the TV licence bit of the taxe d'habitation bill if you have a TV in your property but you only use it to view DVDs, ie we do not watch TV? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Yes, you do have to pay.It's the owning, not the using or not using, which makes you liable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cacknanty Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Scrap the TV, use a computer with a DVD drive. You don't need a licence for a computer.....yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil & Pat Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 [quote user="Cacknanty"]Scrap the TV, use a computer with a DVD drive. You don't need a licence for a computer.....yet[/quote]You might find people who would disagree with that statement if the computer is used to display DVDs. Don't forget that in France it is not a 'Television Licence' as such, but a Redevance Audiovisuelle, and is payable by the occupier of a residence with a television receiver or a comparable device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Cannot see how anyone could classify a DVD player as a televison receiver. It's no closer to a TV than and old fashioned record player is to a radio.rgdshagar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil & Pat Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 [quote user="Hagar"]Cannot see how anyone could classify a DVD player as a televison receiver. It's no closer to a TV than and old fashioned record player is to a radio.rgdshagar [/quote]That's exactly the point, but a DVD player is undeniably an audiovisual device though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Âme Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 If the DVD player has a tuner and a screen it counts, but a PC with TV card doesn't (yet!)Je n’ai pas de téléviseur mais un ordinateur avec une carte télévision, dois-je payer la redevance ?Non, car les micro-ordinateurs munis d’une carte télévision permettant la réception de la télévision ne sont pas taxables.ATTENTION : Les magnétoscopes, lecteurs ou lecteurs-enregistreurs de DVD, video-projecteurs, lorsqu’ils sont équipés d’un tuner et associés à un écran ou tout autre support de vision sont assimilés à un téléviseur et donc soumis à la redevance.source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Now all you need is a 42" monitor for the PC. Q. When does a monitor become a TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Âme Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 [quote user="cooperlola"] Q. When does a monitor become a TV?[/quote]I think that a monitor doesn't have a(n inbuilt) TV receiver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody234 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 if you do not have a tv arial or satellitte dish on your house then they cannot check that you are recieving a signal so get yourself a portable satellite dish then you can pack it away under the bed when the tv detector van comes round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 [quote user="woody234"]if you do not have a tv arial or satellitte dish on your house then they cannot check that you are recieving a signal so get yourself a portable satellite dish then you can pack it away under the bed when the tv detector van comes round [/quote][:D][:D][:D][:D]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 [quote user="Hagar"]Cannot see how anyone could classify a DVD player as a televison receiver. It's no closer to a TV than and old fashioned record player is to a radio.rgdshagar [/quote]It is the fact that you are playing it through a TV. A TV has a receiver capable of receiving broadcasts and that is what you pay for and it doesn't matter if you use it or not. It also appears that the French have you by the shorts with the coverage of the DVD player!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody234 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 if you have a dvd player on your laptop then your not using a tv so you do not need a licence and if you got broadband you can watch tv for free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted November 27, 2008 Share Posted November 27, 2008 [quote user="Âme"]If the DVD player has a tuner and a screen it counts, but a PC with TV card doesn't (yet!)[/quote]That' just about to change - "Audiovisuel Les ordinateurs soumis à la redevance"This from today's midi-libre --- http://www.midilibre.com/RUB_ML_HIGHTECH.php5rgdsHagar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Thats all the TV dongle users who plug an ariel into it and watch all the free view channels on the lap top sorted into the frame when on holiday then ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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