No pause on bravia

[Twampy]

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.

[MaggieGreene]

@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.

[willbigv8]

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?

[royabrown2]

@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.