Overall, the number of black and white sets are in decline, with only 7,161 nationwide compared to 212,000 in 2000.
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London has the highest number of black and white television sets in the country.
1,768 households in the capital still watch their favourite television shows in monochrome.
Overall though, the number of black and white sets are in decline, with only 7,161 nationwide compared to 212,000 in 2000.
A spokesman from TV Licensing pointed out,“Over half of the UK’s TVs now connect to the internet so it’s interesting that more than 7,000 households still choose to watch their favourite shows on a black and white telly.
“Whether you watch EastEnders, Strictly or Question Time in black and white on a 50-year-old TV set or in colour on a tablet, you need to be covered by a TV licence to watch or record programmes as they are broadcast.”
A black and white TV license remains significantly cheaper than a colour one at £50.50 compared to £150.50.
The television and radio technology historian Jeffrey Borinsky said: “There are hundreds of collectors like myself who have many black and white TVs. Who wants all this new-fangled 4K Ultra HD, satellite dishes or a screen that’s bigger than your room when you can have glorious black and white TV?”
It’s been over 50 years since the BBC first started broadcasting regularly in colour in 1967.
The annual Wimbledon competition started the trend.
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StandfirstLondoners watch more black and white TV than anyone else in the country with nearly 2,000 still watching on old sets.
London has the highest number of black and white television sets in the country.
1,768 households in the capital still watch their favourite television shows in monochrome.
Overall though, the number of black and white sets are in decline, with only 7,161 nationwide compared to 212,000 in 2000.
A spokesman from TV Licensing pointed out,“Over half of the UK’s TVs now connect to the internet so it’s interesting that more than 7,000 households still choose to watch their favourite shows on a black and white telly.
“Whether you watch EastEnders, Strictly or Question Time in black and white on a 50-year-old TV set or in colour on a tablet, you need to be covered by a TV licence to watch or record programmes as they are broadcast.”
A black and white TV license remains significantly cheaper than a colour one at £50.50 compared to £150.50.
The television and radio technology historian Jeffrey Borinsky said: “There are hundreds of collectors like myself who have many black and white TVs. Who wants all this new-fangled 4K Ultra HD, satellite dishes or a screen that’s bigger than your room when you can have glorious black and white TV?”
It’s been over 50 years since the BBC first started broadcasting regularly in colour in 1967.
The annual Wimbledon competition started the trend.
