{"id":105569,"date":"2016-09-27T11:40:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T09:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=105569"},"modified":"2016-09-27T13:30:55","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T11:30:55","slug":"dstv-unveils-explora-2-decoder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/entertainment\/105569-dstv-unveils-explora-2-decoder","title":{"rendered":"DStv unveils Explora 2 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 <strong>will sell for R1,499<\/strong> 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<hr \/>\n<p><strong>This article originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/180836-dstv-explora-2-decoder-launched.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The game that\u2019s been in Early Access for over eight years\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/104405-the-game-thats-been-in-early-access-for-over-eight-years.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The game that\u2019s been in Early Access for over eight years<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Raspberry Pi Official Starter Kit \u2013 South African pricing revealed\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/104751-raspberry-pi-official-starter-kit-south-african-pricing-revealed.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Raspberry Pi Official Starter Kit \u2013 South African pricing revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to 5 games that are flying under everyone\u2019s radar\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/104377-5-games-that-are-flying-under-everyones-radar.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 games that are flying under everyone\u2019s radar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MultiChoice has announced the DStv Explora 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":105571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8585],"tags":[31,9152,22193,8679,143],"class_list":["post-105569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-gadgets","tag-active","tag-dstv","tag-expolra-2","tag-pricing","tag-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105573,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105569\/revisions\/105573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}