where can i buy some old SKY box's and/or remotes (1995

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kiwibloke09

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#317568 26-Oct-2024 19:30

i have checked trademe and facebook marketplace and have had no luck. does anyone know where i can buy any or is anyone wanting to give there one away (willing to pay)

i have attached images of which SKY TV Decoders and remotes I am looking for

cheers

(low quality but it is a motorola SKY Decoder)

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#3301865 26-Oct-2024 19:51

From memory, Sky retain ownership, you merely lease and are charged of you cancel and don't return

Imagine this policy would keep them fairly rare in the 2nd hand environment

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#3301866 26-Oct-2024 19:51

The decoders are Sky's legal property. Why would people sell things that are simply paperweights without subscriptions and belong to Sky regardless?? The Motorola box could never receive anything.

If you want them for TV or movie props then have someone 3D print one.

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kiwibloke09

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#3301877 26-Oct-2024 21:04

3D printing is actually genius thanks

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#3301923 27-Oct-2024 04:50

Actually I think the old obsolete mpg2 units were sent back to Sky and broken down for ewaste. They won't care if you have one in a cupboard somewhere as most likely they would have billed someone for not returning it.

They won't want it back

I might have a couple of the old remote somewhere around the place. I do recall you could purchase extra ones from Sky

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#3301924 27-Oct-2024 05:36

hsvhel:

From memory, Sky retain ownership, you merely lease and are charged of you cancel and don't return

Imagine this policy would keep them fairly rare in the 2nd hand environment

^^ This. Trademe will not accept any listings for Sky boxes or remotes because of this. I tried to sell a couple of remotes on TM years ago - no go - so I ended up giving them away via GZ just recently.

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#3301944 27-Oct-2024 09:39

When sky first came out you had to buy your own decoder.

That only lasted a year or two.

I know lots of people that stopped sky and sky did not want the receivers back as they had moved on to better ones or moved them to satellite.

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#3301966 27-Oct-2024 10:58

i have some old remotes you could have

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#3302217 28-Oct-2024 01:29

There are plenty of the modern sky remotes for the blackbox units for sale on trademe for 8-$15.

When Sky bought Prime TV they also offered a deal where you could pay $500 outright for a decoder with no sub just for the Prime TV channel on its own. Mainly for People who couldn't get the UHF broadcasts and Motels etc.

I bet that there are a few motels and hotels out there that still have a cupboard full of legacy Sky mpg2 hardware that once fed distribution systems.

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#3302224 28-Oct-2024 07:59

SATTV:

When sky first came out you had to buy your own decoder.

That only lasted a year or two.

I know lots of people that stopped sky and sky did not want the receivers back as they had moved on to better ones or moved them to satellite.

John

Sky regarded that as an installation/joining fee and retained ownership of the decoder.

kiwibloke09

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#3302358 28-Oct-2024 11:10

Thanks for the reply's everyone

I have emailed a few motels with SKY TV in my area to see if they have any legacy SKY Decoders, Hopefully they do. Also thanks to those who are wanting to give away their old remotes

kiwibloke09

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#3302406 28-Oct-2024 11:21

I have found these old SKY Decoder listings on trademe, they are sadly closed but am wondering if there is any way to ask the seller if they still have it and if they could relist it??

I was wondering maybe I could ask a question on of their listings asking if it is still available. Are you allowed to do that??

(images of listings)

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#3302410 28-Oct-2024 11:31

Apsattv:

Actually I think the old obsolete mpg2 units were sent back to Sky and broken down for ewaste. They won't care if you have one in a cupboard somewhere as most likely they would have billed someone for not returning it.

They won't want it back

I might have a couple of the old remote somewhere around the place. I do recall you could purchase extra ones from Sky

I had an old Pace one at one point, but ended up tossing it in the bin ~5 years ago! I never had a subscription, and had paid a one-off back in the day for a dish and decoder just for access to Prime (this was before it was on Freeview, and if I recall correctly you had to live outside the UHF coverage area, so I'm not sure how many people ended up getting the decoders this way).