Why can't I pause and rewind live TV on my Bravia Xd8088?

[Samwhigham]

I have a HDD drive successfully formatted and registered for recording. It works when I press the record button but I can't pause or rewind live TV. This seems strange and disappointing. Anyone know if this can be implemented?

[Anonymous]

Hi there

In regards to pausing live TV - this is called "Time Shift".  Sony Android TVs currently do not have a timeshift function unfortuately.  This has been requested many times, but we do not know if/when such function will be implemented.

Cheers

[Mooly01]

You should be able to pause the playback though, and playback can started immediately following the commencement of the recording.  

[robobby]

Ah, that is really dissapointing. I have just "upgraded" to Bravia smart tv from a Philips costing half the price! That telly had no probs with pause & rewind live tv and recording. How ridiculous of Sony not to include this feature, I assumed it was universal standard these days ☹️

[robobby]

Thanks for info though - at least I know now 👍