{"id":180,"date":"2017-03-09T11:12:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T11:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvandvideodoctor.co.za\/blog\/?p=14"},"modified":"2025-01-09T11:59:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T11:59:58","slug":"explora-decoders-old-vs-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvandvideodoctor.co.za\/blog\/explora-decoders-old-vs-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Explora Decoders &#8211; Old Vs. New"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What are the differences between the two models? It&#8217;s important to know that there are two versions of the DStv Explora decoder, each with their own respective remote controls. Here are some of the major changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The new Explora 2A decoder is much smaller in size &amp; saves space.<\/li>\n<li>The old Explora decoder had a 2TB drive, the new one has a 1TB drive.<\/li>\n<li>High-Efficiency Video Coding H.265 has been built into the new Explora 2A decoder, making better use of the smaller drive.<\/li>\n<li>The new decoder has halved recording space, but the same space for BoxOffice &amp; Catchup on-Demand.<\/li>\n<li>The Explora 2A decoder offers a brand new A7 remote controller with a dedicated button for SHOWMAX.<\/li>\n<li>2-pin plug is the default for the new decoder, as opposed to 3-pin. This saves space.<\/li>\n<li>The old decoder had 4xUSB ports, where the new decoder ships with 2xUSB ports, this also saves space and makes the new decoder more accessible.<\/li>\n<li>The old decoder also has the Smartcard slot in front, this has shifted to the side on the new 2A Explora decoder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the differences between the two models? It&#8217;s important to know that there are two versions of the DStv Explora decoder, each with their own respective remote controls. Here are some of the major changes: The new Explora 2A decoder is much smaller in size &amp; saves space. The old Explora decoder had a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvandvideodoctor.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvandvideodoctor.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvandvideodoctor.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvandvideodoctor.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvandvideodoctor.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tvandvideodoctor.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvandvideodoctor.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvandvideodoctor.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvandvideodoctor.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvandvideodoctor.co.za\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}