{"id":138193,"date":"2016-09-27T11:41:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T09:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=138193"},"modified":"2016-09-27T11:41:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T09:41:13","slug":"dstv-launches-a-new-decoder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/138193\/dstv-launches-a-new-decoder\/","title":{"rendered":"DStv launches a new decoder"},"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>Despite the smaller hard drive, it will feature the same 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<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on DStv<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/columns\/136623\/why-i-miss-dstv\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Why I miss having DStv<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/114954\/dstv-premium-will-cost-you-r60-more-in-april\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DStv Premium will cost you R60 per month more in April<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/108343\/here-is-why-dstv-costs-so-much-money\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Here is why DStv costs so much money<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MultiChoice has announced the DStv Explora 2, an updated version of its previous Explora decoder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":136627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5554],"tags":[78,26,1253],"class_list":["post-138193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","tag-dstv","tag-headline","tag-multichoice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138199,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138193\/revisions\/138199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}