Sony kündigt Funktionen für Antennen- und Set-Top-Box-Benutzer von Bravia-Smart-TVs „Ende Mai 2026“ | Betroffen sind auch einige Modelle der Baujahre 2023 und 2024.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/sony-killing-features-for-antenna-set-top-box-users-of-bravia-smart-tvs-in-may/
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OTA is the only way I get uninterrupted games when my 5G home internet shits in the middle of a football game.
These people suck.
Looks like I can stroke Sony off of my shopping list.
> As of “late May 2026,” people who use an antenna with the affected TV models will see a reduced TV guide, according to a support page spotted by Cord Cutters News. Per the support page, “program information may not appear depending on the channel,” and “only programs from recently watched channels may be shown” for channels delivered through an antenna.
> Users will also no longer see channel logos or thumbnail images in program descriptions for TV channels delivered through an antenna.
It’s speculation because Sony hasn’t confirmed anything, but it technically makes sense that Sony would stop this service if they don’t think it’s worth the cost of whatever backend service provides the TV guide and channel logos.
Of course, now they’ll just gain the reputation of a penny-pinching brand willing to take away established features that 19% of their customers use, just to save a few bucks.
Doesn’t sound like a prestige brand to me.
I’ll take a moment to appreciate my 4K dumb TV.
No special features.
No Internet.
Of course at the price of the fact it’s that it’s only a 60 frame per second non-hdr, non HEVC unit – regardless
things will never get patched out
TVs are practically computers now, and with big capitalism shifting to ad rich, rent everything economics, TVs are the next on the chopping block, from forced hardcoded ads on Vizios to antenna obsolescence for Samsung.
This already is happening. Incomplete guide information. Samsung isn’t any better. LG seems to be the hold out, and offer complete guide data.
Okay, back to the 1990s. As long as the picture comes through fine. I think its dumb to remove the guide but it makes sense for Sony cause I’m sure they have to pay for each query to the guide per unit.
They can save a little more money and dump the operating system. Cut it down to one HDMI port, or better yet a display port with no licensing fee.