Off to uni? Save £145.50 by being legally TV licence free. Here's how!

Off to university in the next week or so? Would like to save a considerable sum of money; perhaps put it to better use? Read on, my friend!

Despite what the marketing people working on behalf of the BBC's TV Licensing organisation will tell you, and despite what the foot soldiers they send out to knock on doors say, you DO NOT need a TV licence if you're a student living away from home. But you have to follow some rules to remain legal.

• Only watch catch-up TV, like iPlayer? Video-on-demand, like Netflix? You absolutely, postively, don't require a licence.
• Watch live/broadcast TV channels, or record them to view later? You do need a licence. But, and it's a big but, if you only do so on battery power (and never when charging) your folks' TV licence at home will cover you.
  

Follow these simple rules and you'll not only save £145.50, you'll beat the man with a green dildo. Figuratively, not literally.

Please share if you know of anyone off to university and has limited funds. Thanks!