If you happen to be visiting a Briton, then with a considerable degree of probability you could have caught your eye a black and white TV. This rarity is in working order, and the owners are really watching it! How is this possible in a high-tech XXI century and such a progressive country as Great Britain? We have tried to understand this issue.
Just some 20 years ago in the UK, there were 212 thousand black and white televisions that were used for their intended purpose. Today, more than 7,000 families continue to watch TV programs on such devices in the country. And this despite the fact that color television in Foggy Albion became available back in 1967. So what is the reason for this attachment to outright anachronism?
It's all about the license. Yes, the British have to pay to watch TV. But for owners of color TVs its cost is 150.5 pounds (just under $ 200) per year, and for owners of black and white - 50.5 pounds. Those. the reason is trivial savings.
The compulsory license fee was introduced in the 1930s, when the public broadcaster BBC (BBC) was founded. It positioned itself as an independent corporation, but like any enterprise, it needed funding. And in order not to depend on the moneybags, it was decided to shift the coverage of costs onto the shoulders of ordinary citizens. They would go to the post office and pay for the TV license.
The supervisory authority is TV Licencing. The organization has a complete customer database where you can find out who is already expiring. TV Licencing employees claim that vans with equipment that track who and what is watching live are driving around the streets of cities.
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Failure to pay a license can result in a serious fine of £ 1,000 plus legal fees. If a person does not watch TV (and, accordingly, does not pay), inspectors may visit him to check. And here the non-payers are trying to evade so as not to pay the fine: some say, they say, they don't live on address, but went to feed the cat of friends, others blame the wife, as if she is engaged in financial questions.
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Where can you buy a black and white TV, given that only modern models are presented in home appliances stores? Yes, in the same thrift stores or on online sites.
What online stores do not offer: rarities, the latest novelties, outright nonsense. It is about them that will be discussed in our next material: 17 ridiculous products that showcase the essence of online shopping.
A source: https://novate.ru/blogs/230620/55017/