This sounds like a great deal, but one consumer was unhappy with the fact that he needed (or at least thought he needed) a Smart LNB for his DStv Explora to work. He lodged a complaint with the ...

The house had an existing DStv satellite dish installed, but the installers stated the smart LNB – the “arm” on the satellite dish – did not work with his decoder, and he required a new one.

DStv subscribers with newer newer installations who have a DStv Explora 2 and smart LNB, will be able to set up XtraView without having to update their installation or needing to run a dedicated cable ...

Existing smart LNB cables and 80cm dish works just fine. DStv Streama will be a streaming-only set top box. Unlike the Xplora Ultra customers won’t need a DStv subscription to use this.