Media Discussion - 2023/24

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Not sure what you mean by "detector teams" if you mean detector vans, of course not as most don't receive a signal via an aerial anymore.
They have outsourced licence fee avoidance to Capita who do carry out enforcement on a regular basis.
Detector vans were fake to scare people, I'm not sure anyone believed them, but pretend they were real, do you think they could tell the difference between a few feet? The COVID app couldn't in 2020 never mind 1980.

The main method of detection was always looking through the window, then they had a database of everyone who had bought a telly and used that as well. It was then assumed that everyone has a telly.
 
Was every game we played with Chelsea since 2008 while RA was there not the Oil Classico? They're so shit at The Athletic. Have they not started offering to pay people £1.99 a month to subscribe to their fanzine yet?
 
I've had them turn up to the house twice and both times I preceded to show them the cut aerial cable on the side of the house. but you don't have to let them into your house. just say I don't have it and slam the door in their faces. I'm not paying them a penny and haven't done so for 12 years
LOL, in a world where we receive TV via cable, satellite, wi-fi and cellular I'm sure that leaves them stumped!
 
Detector vans were fake to scare people, I'm not sure anyone believed them, but pretend they were real, do you think they could tell the difference between a few feet? The COVID app couldn't in 2020 never mind 1980.

The main method of detection was always looking through the window, then they had a database of everyone who had bought a telly and used that as well. It was then assumed that everyone has a telly.
If you've ever seen the advert they used to put out, they even say what programme your watching, in this case they were watching " Columbo", hilarious.
 
Detector vans were fake to scare people, I'm not sure anyone believed them, but pretend they were real, do you think they could tell the difference between a few feet? The COVID app couldn't in 2020 never mind 1980.

The main method of detection was always looking through the window, then they had a database of everyone who had bought a telly and used that as well. It was then assumed that everyone has a telly.
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxCtyGgDXD904XrlGjqsplIvPCH-9LKD82Hahahahaha detector vans reminds me of this from Dave allen.. hmmm don’t know why that hasn’t loaded correctly .
 
Detector vans were fake to scare people, I'm not sure anyone believed them, but pretend they were real, do you think they could tell the difference between a few feet? The COVID app couldn't in 2020 never mind 1980.

The main method of detection was always looking through the window, then they had a database of everyone who had bought a telly and used that as well. It was then assumed that everyone has a telly.
They weren't fake. They picked up on the Local Oscillator that the TV set itself generates to demodulate the signal. The LO frequency is different for each channel, so they could detect what channel you were watching. It wasn't that amazing technology really, just needed a directional low noise receiver. They only worked for the analogue TV signals so wouldn't work with modern set top boxes.

I don't blame people for not paying the licence though, especially now you're far less likely to get caught!
 
Detector vans were fake to scare people, I'm not sure anyone believed them, but pretend they were real, do you think they could tell the difference between a few feet? The COVID app couldn't in 2020 never mind 1980.

The main method of detection was always looking through the window, then they had a database of everyone who had bought a telly and used that as well. It was then assumed that everyone has a telly.
Now im not saying the detector vans were real, but back in the days of the old tube based TVs, with the right bit of kit it was fairly easy to tell if someone had a tv and even see what they were watching. Not a chance with modern TVs though.
 
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