UK still has 13,000 Black and White TVs

More than 13,000 households across the UK are still using black and white television sets, according to the TV licensing authority.

However the number of licenses issued each year has dwindled from 212,000 in 2000, but a black and white TV license costs just £49 a year, almost a £100 cheaper than a colour one which will set you back £145.50.

This is an interesting little story, but I fail to see why 13,000 household still have a black and white TV.

In Britain the digital switchover has been completed, over 40% of households own HDTVs, Britons lead the world in accessing TV over the internet on sites like BBC iPlayer, and yet there are still people watching in black and white, what’s going on.

I’ve never understood the appeal of black and white, things look and work so much better in colour.

The world has always been in colour even in the Dark Ages (sorry couldn’t help myself), and it will continue to be in colour for millions of years, until the sun burns itself out.

So those who still have black and white TVs do yourself a favour get rid of them and come and join the rest of us in the 21^st century, and while you’re at it you might also want to chuck out your AGA stoves, metal irons, tin baths, vinyl records, gramophones etc. the worlds moved on, do try to keep up.