[dannymccormick]

Do you bring your own TV for your room? Do you have aerial sockets in halls? =/

[paperclip]

AFAIK there are no ariel sockets, some people bring their own tvs for consoles but most people just use iplayer/4od. Also, look into getting DC++ when you get to university.

[dannymccormick]

Ok, I just wondered. Fortunately, I don't watch television much anyway! But thanks for the information.

[nase14_aldayz]

ohhh how i miss DC++...stuff of dreams.

[Nicolas K.]

You should receive Freeview in Guildford. I consider to purchase a Freeview USB-Stick for my Mac.
Something like that: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/12...etv_diversity/

[andrew2803]

Im considering doing sound recording at surrey and we had a 2-day career/uni course this week, during which they sed about how u HAVE to get a TV licence as the TV ppl look 4 student without it and although the licence is liek £180 which is a lot, teh fine is over £1000!

[IAmCroissant]

Originally Posted by andrew2803

Im considering doing sound recording at surrey and we had a 2-day career/uni course this week, during which they sed about how u HAVE to get a TV licence as the TV ppl look 4 student without it and although the licence is liek £180 which is a lot, teh fine is over £1000!

By law, you should have it if you use a TV or even a laptop to watch TV in your room.
TV licensing harrass everyone with threatening letters to every address/room on their system that doesn't have a license, but they NEVER check...
Flats can't be accessed, so they couldn't just stroll on campus and use their fictious "scanning equipment" to detect which rooms have got a TV.
Besides, security wouldn't let them onto the main campus or to Manor Park to check.

You don't need a TV anyway because there is a TV in all the halls kitchens which are licensed already. You can watch TV on your laptop (iplayer etc), or you can find pretty much download anything you might wanna watch on DC++.

Besides, most of the sound recording bunch are lively and sociable and you probably won't have much time to watch TV - you'll end up regretting spending the money and your TV will become clutter.

Originally Posted by Nicolas K.

You should receive Freeview in Guildford. I consider to purchase a Freeview USB-Stick for my Mac.
Something like that: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/12...etv_diversity/

Nooooo! Though Guildford is covered you wont get decent enough signal, especially in the halls...

[leenick]

Originally Posted by IAmCroissant

Nooooo! Though Guildford is covered you wont get decent enough signal, especially in the halls...

Depends on the halls. I was on the wrong side of the building in Battersea/Tate (center of campus) and my doddy extendable argos aerial got most of freeview fine... albeit from Cystal Palace and not Guildford, heh.

Not that I ever watched it, when we have our own tools for the job ^^

[white_mercury]

make sure you spend a bit extra for a decent aerial with a signal booster!

[dannymccormick]

Hmm. Well, thanks for all the information. Fortunately I don't like television. I'm a sunbathing / reading boy. I also enjoy spending most of the day blowing bubbles at the ceiling (although, I'm not completely vacuous ... that's an important post script I think ;-) ) Actually, I can't even remember why I asked the initial question. I was probably thinking more about DVDs and the Playstation XD

[Fraser_Integration]

there's no limit on size is there. I wanna bring my 32". I cant imagine there would be.... it's my space after all.