How many decoders can you connect on DSTV Xtraview? That’s something that you may be asking about if you have multiple televisions at home or in the office. Xtraview makes sense because it allows you to save money. Instead of paying subscriptions on all your decoders, you get to pay only one subscription, along with an access fee on the other decoders that are part of your Xtraview setup. But how many decoders can you have on this setup?
Xtraview number of decoders
DSTV Xtraview can have up to 3 decoders connected together. One of these will be the primary decoder. All the other decoders will get their connectivity from the primary decoder. You will need to pay an access fee for the extra decoders. DSTV Xtraview can have multiple setups, depending on the decoders that you have.
The benefits of Xtraview
That’s the answer to the question how many decoders can you have on DSTV Xtraview. As noted, you can have up to three decoders. But what are the benefits of Xtraview?
The main one of these is that you will save a lot of money by signing up. Let’s assume that you subscribe to the full bouquet, which currently costs R879.
That’s the only subscription that you will have to pay if you have two or three decoders in your setup. On top of that, you will need to pay an Xtraview access fee on each of the decoders.
So, your total will be R115 plus R879. That’s way cheaper than what you would have paid had you been paying subscriptions on each of the decoders.
Possible combinations of decoders
You can combine a wide range of decoders under DSTV Xtraview. The following are some of the possible combinations;
| Decoder Combination | What you pay |
|---|---|
| Single View HD + DStv Explora | Subscription + Access Fee |
| DStv Explora + DStv Explora | Subscription + Access Fee |
| DStv Explora + DStv Explora + DStv Explora | Subscription + Access Fee + Access Fee |
| DStv Explora + DStv Explora + Single View HD Decoder | Subscription + Access Fee + Access Fee |
In the above table, we look at possible combinations for newer models decoders. Check out our article on the latest DSTV decoder. One thing that you need to know is that if there is an Explora decoder in your Xtraview combination, the Explora needs to be the primary decoder.
Summary
In this article we answered the question how many decoders can be connected together on DSTV Xtraview. It was noted that you can have up to 3 decoders connected together in different combinations. You will then be able to pay the subscription on one decoder and access fees for each of the other decoders.