Reasons for having/not having a TV?

I do have a TV and at times am happy to leave it off, preferring to view selectively. About 18 months ago we signed up for Sky after years and years of resisting because I expected a zillion more channels of rubbish but I have been very pleasantly surprised. There are some very interesting programmes and my world has been expanded...I never watch soaps or 'reality' programmes but can always find something of interest... I could do without my TV if necessary but I admit that I would miss it...

a friend of mine did not have a tv and tired of the constant letters from the licensing authorities replied thus " I do not have a tv license for the same reason I do not have a shotgun licence, however if I get any more letters from you I may have to reconsider on the shotgun licence"

Too much rubbish on it not worth watching or paying a licence fee for and I like quietness.

Baggy, why don't you have a TV?

I've always bought a TV License whenever we've had a set, so I think my history probably looks genuine on their computer system; but last year I did have a visit from the Licensing Authority and happily invited the chap in to come and see for himself - an offer which he declined, and I've not heard anything since.

Same problem! I now just chuck letters from the tv licensing authority in the bin without opening them. I wrote and complained about harassment when they kept sending them and they did stop for a while but they still send them occasionally. They've never sent a detector van anywhere near although, of course, they could.

My sister has never had a television at her home in England and was sixty before she had one in her German home. The only problem my sister has is the detector van always rings her doorbell wanting to know where she is hiding the TV set. They seem unable to comprehend that it is possible to live without one.