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Waldo Pepper · 13-11-2010, 07:06

TV detector vans are a myth. A scare story put out by the BBC. They exist, but cannot pin point a TV user in a block of flats.

They used to focus on a 35MHz Intermediate frequency emitted by the old TVs. LCDs & Plasmas emit so much stuff, not only would you struggle to find it, but trying to DF on it is nigh impossible.

They rely on the fact that every household has a TV and target those addresses that don't have a TVL.

As for seeing if you watch TV over the Internet would require a court order to your Internet provider and that may be too expensive for them.

In my student days a house next door had ~3 TVs and the silly looking van used to drive up and down about once a week and they were never even given a knock on the door.

13-11-2010, 07:06	#9
Waldo Pepper Inactive Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: In the thick of East Anglia Posts: 573	Re: TV licence for watching online live streams TV detector vans are a myth. A scare story put out by the BBC. They exist, but cannot pin point a TV user in a block of flats. They used to focus on a 35MHz Intermediate frequency emitted by the old TVs. LCDs & Plasmas emit so much stuff, not only would you struggle to find it, but trying to DF on it is nigh impossible. They rely on the fact that every household has a TV and target those addresses that don't have a TVL. As for seeing if you watch TV over the Internet would require a court order to your Internet provider and that may be too expensive for them. In my student days a house next door had ~3 TVs and the silly looking van used to drive up and down about once a week and they were never even given a knock on the door.