Asynch designs (OT)

[Don]

Stan Barr wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Jules Richardson said:
> 
>> Given that the licence is only for the BBC channels, and I'll perhaps watch 
>> 2-3 hours of them per week, it works out as quite an expense per programme!
> 
> Not quite - the licence is for having _any_ equipment installed in your
> home capable of receiving broadcast tv - _any_ broadcast tv.  The money
> goes (mostly) to the bbc, but a licence is required for any broadcast
> tv equipment including, but not limited to, a tv set, video or dvd
> recorder with a tuner or a computer with a tuner.  You still have to
> pay even if you never watch the bbc :-(

So, the *tuner* is the gotcha?  I.e. if you used a component
DVD player/recorder, a video *monitor*, etc. *they* would be
exempt?

If so, has this "fact" influenced the types of products
offered there?  (e.g., tunerless products?)