Which Tv Does Not Have Preinstalled Iplayer?

[OldChestNuts]

I am ditching live TV and iPlayer so I can cancel the TV licence.

Does anyone knows which TV brand /model does not have iPlayer app installed?

[bobbinwales]

Am just wondering what will you watch on it? Maybe you dont need a tV at all??

[OldChestNuts]

I watch YouTube and listen to radio. I Chromecast YouTube from my phone, non live video

[ToraToraTora]

alleluia!

[Atheist]

Why do you need a telly?

[ToraToraTora]

Congrats you are now 44p a day better off. Any idea what you might spend this bonanza on?

[bobbinwales]

//Congrats you are now 44p a day better off. Any idea what you might spend this bonanza on??

A new TV that has no live TV and iplayer app.?

[Buenchico]

If you're using your phone to access YouTube, and then viewing that content on a telly (via Chromecast), rather than using a YouTube app on the TV set, you don't need any apps on the set at all. Therefore any 'non-smart' TV would meet your requirements. e.g. any of these models from Sharp:
https://www.sharpconsumer.uk/electronics/tv/non-smart-tv-hd-full-hd/

[Gromit]

I used a TV for 10 years without a TV licence.
If you don’t watch any live TV or iPlayer that is perfectly legal.
If you buy an Amazon firestick and download ITVX and other UK onDemand services, and just watch on catchup, then you are fine.
You have to declare on the TV licensing website that you are not watching any live TV, and they will not believe you and still send some gestapo to your door.

[Gromit]

And you don’t need a FireStick if you have a SmartTv.

[bobbinwales]

Dont tell atheist you avoided paying for your TV licence by clever legalavoidance and depriving the treasury of money, he'll compare it to ignoring someone drowning in a frozen pond

[OldChestNuts]

Thanks Buenchico, the did expect such a brilliant product that meets my needs.

The problem with my current Samsung TV is that it has iPlayer installed. If the inspector sees it they are going t ok say I am using it. Maybe I should install a CCTV pointing at the TV and records it 24/7 to proof that I don't watch live TV or iPlayer.

[ToraToraTora]

they may send on of these.....
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0AfNZeCEAAWrDb?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

[OldChestNuts]

A friend in his 70's, got visit by an inspector at 4:00am!

[bobbinwales]

Didn't they have a coathanger on the roof TTT, I use to think they worked but looking back I dont see how and think they was just for show??

[OldChestNuts]

...his TV doesn't even works, but was bullied into buying the licence.

[OldChestNuts]

The TV van detection is a deterant, does not work

[bobbinwales]

its time they scrapped it, good value or not its more of a honesty tax

[OldChestNuts]

There is nothing for me to watch on live TV. I just watch Chilli Jon Carne on YouTube.

[Buenchico]

Thanks for your reply, OCN.

Using the 'Smart = No' filter on the Argos website brings up these 8 sets
https://www.argos.co.uk/browse/technology/televisions-and-accessories/televisions/c:30106/smart-tv:no/

Just a thought: It's actually an offence just to 'install' a TV set, even if you're not actually using it. [s.363, Communications Act 2003]. So, as well as ensuring that your TV hasn't got access to iPlayer, it might well be a good idea to ensure that there's no aerial that's plugged into it (or which could be plugged into it because there's an antenna cable or wall socket near to it).

[Buenchico]

I haven't watched any telly at all since New Year's Eve but I'm still happy to pay for a TV licence, as I reckon that I still get great value from BBC radio services and from the BBC website.

(I'm not entirely sure why I'm still paying for NOW TV though - although I expect that I'll be using it again when there's a neew series of Air Crash Investigaton available to watch!)