ALL HD CHANNELS ON DSTV AND NUMBERS

High Definition or HD channels on DStv are value-added contents on the list of TV stations offered by the satellite TV brand of MultiChoice. Currently, DStv offers a total of 68 channels on HD as listed below, spread across all bouquets and packages. However, the DStv premium package contains the highest collection of HD channels. Sometimes, it may be difficult to locate these HD channels because you may not know their numbers on the channel grid. Therefore, the complete list of all HD channels on DStv and numbers on remote control are listed in this article. These channel numbers make it easy to directly locate any of the DStv HD channels, either from the grid or remote control. Just by punching these numbers on the remote control, you can find these HD channels.

DStv categorized all their HD channels according to the nature of their program contents. For this reason, I previously published an article on the updated list of channels on DStv Premium package. This article also features among other things, price of the DStv Premium subscription.

There are DStv High Definition channels on categories such as entertainment, Movies, lifestyle and culture. Other featured categories also include documentaries, sports, children, music, news and even some High Definition channels under the free-to-air DStv broadcast. Let us now take them one after another, exposing all the HD channels and their numbers as obtainable on the DStv channel grid.

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All Free to Air HD Channels on DStv

channel 191 – SABC 1 HD
192 – SABC 2 HD
193 – SABC 3 HD
194 – e.TV HD

Interestingly, DStv has been building up its collection of channels broadcast in High Definition. For the reason that all recent decoder models are on HD display technology, the satellite pay-TV giant is trying to argument for contents in HD. According to MultiChoice, this is to be at par with what they already got on their standard definition (SD) transmission platform.

In one of DStv official statements, they maintained that one High Definition channel consumes equal bandwidth as four SD channels put together. Consequently, it is expensive to broadcast channels on HD but that notwithstanding, they shall continue to produce more contents in HD. Now let’s continue the analysis on DStv HD channels.

News Category – All DStv HD Channels

There is only one News channel on DStv HD. This is the CNN International HD. Surprisingly, it is the same CNN on DStv channel 401, which is received in HD if your decoder and TV are full HD devices.

Music Category – All HD Channels on DStv

Channel 320 – Channel O HD
322 – MTV Base HD
325 – TRACE URBAN HD

Entertainment Category – All High Definition Channels on DStv

channel 101 – M-Net HD
103 – 1 Magic HD
116 – VUZU HD
117 – Universal TV HD
119 – BBC First HD
120 – BBC Brit HD
121 – Discovery Channel HD
122 – Comedy Central HD
123 – ITV choice HD
124 – E! Entertainment HD
125 – FOX HD
129 – BET HD
130 – MTV HD
135 – Discovery TLC HD
136 – Discovery Family HD
144 – Kyk NET HD
145 – Kyk NET & Kie HD
157 – Moja Love HD
163 – Mzamsi Wethu HD
166 – Zee World HD
167 – Star Life HD
195 – eTV Extra HD
901 – M-Net Plus 1 HD

All High Definition Channels on DStv Kiddies Category

channel 300 – Superhero HQ HD
301 – Cartoon Network HD
302 – Boomerang HD
305 – Nickelodeon HD

All High Definition Channels on DStv Documentary

channel 170 – Crime & Investigation Network HD
171 – Discovery ID HD
184 – BBC Earth HD
186 – The History Channel HD

There are only two High Definition channels for Lifestyle and Culture category on DStv. The VIA HD on channel 147 and the Food Network HD on channel 175.

Please note that it is only on the Premium bouquet, viewed from HD decoders and TV like the DStv Explora and smart TVs respectively that you enjoy the highest collection of these High Definition channels. Few of these channels are somewhat also restricted to certain regions, which are peculiar to them in terms of program contents.