There are so many new enhancements on DSTV’s next generation decoder that we don’t know where to start.
It’s called the Explora, and it’s got twice the hard drive space as it’s predecessor as well as a whole new User Interface that we’re glad to say makes very little use of the colors blue and yellow. They’ve taken a page out of modern smart TV’s book and now include covers, logos and pictures. Much more pleasing to the eye.

The huge 2 TeraByte hard drive means that users can record 220 hours of high definition television, which equates to approximately 100 movies or 150 TV series episodes.

“Series stacking” is another new feature which makes two episodes of a selected series available on demand. This will later be expanded to 4 episodes.

There are now also always 20 movies waiting for you to watch in Box Office and there’s a nice new remote which doesn’t have an irritating play/pause button like the old one.
Although the Explora uses the reliability of satellites to send images, it is also built with the future of the internet in mind. This means the promise of a broadband connection being added to the device someday soon so you can surf the net from the comfort of your couch.

Get it: R2 500
From: DSTV.co.za