{"id":180836,"date":"2016-09-27T11:33:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T09:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=180836"},"modified":"2016-09-28T11:19:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T09:19:58","slug":"dstv-explora-2-decoder-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/180836-dstv-explora-2-decoder-launched.html","title":{"rendered":"DStv Explora 2 decoder launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MultiChoice has announced the DStv Explora 2, an updated version of its previous Explora decoder.<\/p>\n<p>The new version of the decoder will sell for R1,499 excluding installation.<\/p>\n<p>New compressions technology made the Explora 2 possible, MultiChoice said and will help reduce the data charges DStv subscribers incur on Catch Up services.<\/p>\n<p>DStv\u2019s large Catch Up offering means customers record less, so MultiChoice has decided to include a smaller hard drive in the new Explora.<\/p>\n<p>To\u00a0make the smaller hard drive work, the Explora 2 will only allow for roughly half the user recording space as its predecessor. However despite\u00a0the\u00a0smaller hard drive, it new Explora have\u00a0the same Catch Up and BoxOffice video on demand catalogue.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to updating the decoder\u2019s hardware, the Explora 2 will also have a new A7 remote, which features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Motion-sensored back-lit buttons<\/li>\n<li>Visual feedback when a button is pressed<\/li>\n<li>Low battery detection<\/li>\n<li>Use as a universal remote<\/li>\n<li>Dedicated ShowMax button<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new DStv Explora\u00a0decoder will be available at retailers from the middle of October, and the old Explora will remain on sale for as long as stock remains available.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Update:<\/strong> Clarified that the Explora 2 will have less user recording space. Added the launch date.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More on DStv<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/180636-is-dstv-now-free-and-other-top-google-questions.html\"><strong>\u201cIs DSTV now free?\u201d and other top Google questions<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/179986-dstv-vs-starsat-the-winner-is-clear.html\"><strong>DStv vs StarSat \u2013 the winner is clear<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/179684-dstv-price-and-channel-showdown-premium-vs-extra-vs-compact.html\"><strong>DStv price and channel showdown \u2013 Premium vs Extra vs Compact<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MultiChoice launched an updated version of its Explora decoder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":180906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[85,20765,39092,35,475],"class_list":["post-180836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv","tag-dstv-decoder","tag-dstv-explora-2","tag-headline","tag-multichoice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180840,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180836\/revisions\/180840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}