Yearly TV Licence? ...Really?

[marion11111]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> 
wrote:
> One more question: I have a new TV (bought less than a year ago) but
> it's an inexpensive model (I didn't need a built-in DVD player and 
all
> that). How can I tell whether it's analog or digital?
> 
> Carol, who really wishes that bureaucracy and technology didn't make
> slaves of us all!
>

marion laughing:

I think if it was digital it wouldn't have been inexpensive!  I know 
they are coming down, but TVs are so doggone expensive anyway and 
these are more so.  

I can't remember who replied to me that they know their TVs break 
because that's the only time they buy a new one.  Well, me too but it 
happens about once every 10-15 years.  I remember when my city finally 
got cable in the early 80's and we looked at the back of our TV set to 
hook it up - no cable-type plug.  In fact, no plug in at all!  Just an 
AC cord coming out and some screws to wrap the rabbit ear wires 
around. The cable guy laughed and laughed.