Are you looking for information on how to watch SABC channels on your Smart TV? We will show you how to do it in this article? SABC is South Africa’s public broadcaster. Their channels are broadcast free of charge. People who own radios and TVs are supposed to pay annual license fees, but it’s not a subscription service like DSTV. You are here because you have just bought a Smart TV and you now wish to start watching SABC. How do you do that?
Steps to get SABC on a Smart TV
The following is how to watch SABC channels on a Smart TV;
- You can get SABC channels on your Smart TV using a Digital TV antenna or through a UHF antenna. Connect the antenna to your TV and scan for SABC channels. All this is possible because most smart TVs come with DVB-T2 Digital tuners built in. As such, you don’t need a settop box to start watching SABC channels.
- It’s also possible to get SABC on your smart TV via DSTV. If you are a DSTV subscriber, you will get SABC channels as part of all packages.
- Another option is for you to get an Openview decoder. SABC channels are part of those that you get on Openview.
- You can also get SABC using a settop box. This option is only necessary if your Smart TV does not have a DVB-T2 Digital tuner. We explain further below.
Do I need a settop box to get SABC on a smart TV?
That’s how to watch SABC channels on a Smart TV. We noted above that you can get SABC channels using a set top box. But do you need one?
The answer is no, you don’t actually need a set-top-box to get SABC channels on a Smart TV. Almost all Smart TVs come with digital tuners. These are inbuilt.
They do the same work as a settop box. It means you don’t need one to get channels that are broadcast digitally. Remember SABC has switched to Digital Terestrial Television (DTT).
DTT is good because it has better quality than analog TV. If you have a normal TV that is not smart, then you need a settop box to get DTT.
But if you have a smart TV, all that you need to do is to connect an antennae to the TV and you can scan for the channels that you are looking for. They will be saved onto your TV automatically.
How do I know if my TV has a digital tuner?
We noted above that smart TVs do not need settop boxes because they come with built in digital tuners. But how do you know that your TV has one? There is a simple way to find out.
Look at your TV’s manual. All those that have built in smart tuners will have labels indicating that they have DVB-T2 Digital tuners.
In fact, when buying a TV, you will need to buy one that has this feature built in. It saves you from having to buy a settop box.
Summary
In this article, we showed you how to watch SABC channels on your Smart TV. We noted that most smart TVs come with build in DVB-T2 Digital tuners. It means you don’t need a set top box to get SABC. All that you need is an antenna. You can buy one from Takealot and other stores. Once you have it, you will get SABC channels on your TV.
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