MultiChoice is downloading additional new software upgrades for its DStv Explora decoder launched in August which vastly improves the on-screen experience and usefulness and gives DStv subscribers "episode stacking", better functionality on the electronic programme guide (EPG) and other improvements.
MultiChoice will download upgrades to the DStv Explora software this week which will now give subscribers the season as well as specific episode number of a particular episode within the Playlist.
The first of two major improvements is that in the EPG subscribers will now be able to jump directly to a channel in the guide instead of having to scroll, by simply pressing the channel number. (If you type in a channel number which doesn't exist, it will take you to the closest channel number.)
A second major improvement is that individual episodes of the same TV series in DStv Catchup will be automatically grouped in one folder.
By highlighting the series and pressing OK, information on all the episodes in the stack will become available to the viewer.
Other improvements include the option of 5 colour-coded channel groups which will allow different users such as people in a family to each set up a unique group of favourite TV channels.
DStv Catchup content also gets a new "Kids" category, as well as sub-genres which are listed.
The Movies, Sport and Series categories will now get sub-genres which are listed, like "Animation", "Drama", "Adventure" and many more for Movies for instance. Sport gets "Rugby", "Soccer", "Boxing" etc.
With the new software also comes an updated SuperSport Active app as well as the Easy Info app. The Easy Info app contains information regarding payments, self-service which includes trouble-shooting problems and FAQ's, agencies, decoder products and features.
