I Used TWO Sky Digital Interactive TV Keyboards in 2025 – Then things got very WEIRD!

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What happens when you find not one, but two Sky Digital Keyboards — and decide to actually use them in 2025?

In this episode, I dive into the weird and wonderful world of Sky Interactive, BSB, and the forgotten hardware from the golden age of British digital television. We’ve got a bit of history, some slightly disturbing close-ups, and a deeply cursed finale featuring one of the worst keyboards ever made doing things no remote should. By an adult who really should have better things to do with his time than playing 'Buffy's Swearing Keyboard' with an old bit of tat off of eBay.

Yes, you can actually get one working (sort of) on modern machines with an ESP32 and some masochism. I did the work so you don’t have to:
👉 https://github.com/RobustReviews/skyb...

📺 Includes:

A quick history of Sky Digital, Sky Analgoue, barely a gnats fart about BSB and a tiny bit on Sky Open

Close-ups of these rare Sky-branded wireless keyboards

A look at Sky Interactive and British Interactive Broadcasting

Some proper 2000s nostalgia with Open... Email and red button features

And yes — these keyboards don’t work with Sky anymore, and they work only slightly better with Windows 11!

🎨 Special Thanks:
Matt — for the heroic last-minute Sky Digibox loan
Matthew Huntingdon:    • British Interactive Broadcasting (BIB) Promo  
Gondarth’s TV Ads:    • SKY Open Interactive "Keyboard" Advert (1999)  
Justin Hewelt:    • Open.... Email on TV Promo  

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