topic Re: No pause on bravia in Android TV

No pause on bravia

Twampy — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 07:42:05 GMT

Not being able to pause on my Sony Bravia is just plain stupid, I don't want work abounds like recording what your watching so you can then pause and disable Youview. it's just all so stupid, it's a modern TV that should simply be able to pause when you press pause, how difficult can it be?

I love youview but why should I have to use a set top box and buy a new remote just so that I can pause at Will?

If I had realised that you can't pause then I wouldn't have bought the Telly, how hard can it be??? How silly of me for assuming that a £1000 4K flag ship TV would be able to pause.

I don't mind putting a memory stick in but come on Sony get your act together and sort this issue out or I'll be switching to a company that can pause live TV.

Re: No pause on bravia

Anonymous — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 14:08:34 GMT

Hi there

What you are referring to is "Timeshift". This function is one of the most requested items and Sony is aware that there is a demand for this. Unfortunately I do not know if/when it will be implemented.

When purchasing a TV (or any item for that matter), my advice is to always do your research and/or ask before purchasing - especially on functions that is crucial to you. This ensures that you will not be disappointed later on.

Anyway, fingers crossed in the future - who knows.

Cheers

Re: No pause on bravia

Markillman — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 21:10:15 GMT

I agree. After shelling out £650+ on a Sony TV with youview it seems absurd that I can't pause / record within youview. When you look around, LOADS of people are unhappy about this and these days it's really a basic of functionality requirement. I don't see why i should now buy a £100+ PVR box when I have a perfectly good HDD that worked on an older Panasonic model. Disappointed doesn't start to communicate my frustration. Sony / YouView Please make it a feature ASAP.

Re: No pause on bravia

Twampy — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 21:20:56 GMT

I don't thing we are alone on this, Sony seem to stay very quite about it which I find quite baffling as it is a number one complaint. It must be a licensing issue otherwise it would surely have been sorted by now, you can't even put a reminder on. Youview is great and it's features are roll back Pause, set a Reminder and Record. For me the pause feature is key.

I don't think Sony want to admit that they can't give us the full youview features.

Re: No pause on bravia

onedutch — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 09:39:28 GMT

Pleas add TimeShift .... I had Timeshift on my Settop Box satelite 15 years ago ...

Re: No pause on bravia

kowalski99 — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 21:30:51 GMT

I agree- its very dissapoining that this isn't sorted!

Re: No pause on bravia

NobFox — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 18:25:45 GMT

Any news on this yet? It's been a year since the original post.

Just bought a KD-55XE8396 and it's the only feature I'm disappointed about as I don't really want to plug in my YouView box when I have all the other features right there on the TV ready to go.

Re: No pause on bravia

willbigv8 — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 14:07:53 GMT

I agree.

after buying what’s £1200 worth of TV and then buying a HDD drive, formatted and accepted to find it was a waste of time. I’ve had Sony TVs for years but won’t buy another. I wished I’d kept my old YouView recorder!

Re: No pause on bravia

MaggieGreene — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:43:31 GMT

@willbigv8 What is the model name of your TV?

Re: No pause on bravia

willbigv8 — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 20:52:10 GMT

It’s an XR-55A84

Re: No pause on bravia

MaggieGreene — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:22:54 GMT

@willbigv8 You can't pause live TV channels, but you can pause any internet content like streaming apps and recorded files. To pause content, press on the Pause button on the remote control.

Re: No pause on bravia

willbigv8 — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:03:25 GMT

Why then does the TV have the port and the ability to connect a hard drive and the TV lets you connect to it. So what’s the hard drive port for?

Re: No pause on bravia

royabrown2 — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:57:57 GMT

@willbigv8

https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/articles/00346388

You may have only just bought it, but the XR-55A84 is a 2021 Bravia XR TV.

It looks like Live Pause only came in with the Bravia n sets, where n is 7, 8 or 9 😢

The hard drive on your TV is indeed for timeshifting, but just for programmes you schedule in advance, and it does not seem to have the dynamic capability necessary to start recording automatically when Pause is pressed.