https://community.sony.si/t5/other-tvs/electronic-program-guide-on-kdl-26ex553/m-p/640633#M3297 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I purchased a KDL-26EX553 TV a couple of months ago and generally have been very pleased with it. In particular, the ability to record directly to a portable HDD and to set up single and series record events via the electronic program guide (EPG) was really easy...</P><P></P><P>... until the New Year, when the EPG changed dramatically:</P><P></P><UL><LI> It now loads up via the Internet connection and does so very slowly.</LI><LI>I rarely see all columns and rows of the grid filled in, though scrolling the grid does seem to help it update.</LI><LI>Most of the programs I select from the grid yield the message "This TV event is no longer aired and cannot be accessed."</LI><LI>Those programs that do provide more information can only be set to record as a single event - there appears to be no series record option.</LI><LI>If my Internet connection is not available, there is no EPG.</LI></UL><P></P><P>In short, this new format EPG is pretty much useless compared to the older one.</P><P></P><UL><LI>Has anyone else experienced similar problems?</LI><LI>Does anyone know if Sony are working on improving this?</LI><LI>Does anyone know if it's possible to make the TV revert to the old format EPG, which I guess worked off-air rather than via the Internet?</LI></UL><P></P><P>Any help or information on this would be much appreciated.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:44:43 GMT cochamb63 2013-01-10T23:44:43Z https://community.sony.si/t5/other-tvs/electronic-program-guide-on-kdl-26ex553/m-p/640633#M3297 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I purchased a KDL-26EX553 TV a couple of months ago and generally have been very pleased with it. In particular, the ability to record directly to a portable HDD and to set up single and series record events via the electronic program guide (EPG) was really easy...</P><P></P><P>... until the New Year, when the EPG changed dramatically:</P><P></P><UL><LI> It now loads up via the Internet connection and does so very slowly.</LI><LI>I rarely see all columns and rows of the grid filled in, though scrolling the grid does seem to help it update.</LI><LI>Most of the programs I select from the grid yield the message "This TV event is no longer aired and cannot be accessed."</LI><LI>Those programs that do provide more information can only be set to record as a single event - there appears to be no series record option.</LI><LI>If my Internet connection is not available, there is no EPG.</LI></UL><P></P><P>In short, this new format EPG is pretty much useless compared to the older one.</P><P></P><UL><LI>Has anyone else experienced similar problems?</LI><LI>Does anyone know if Sony are working on improving this?</LI><LI>Does anyone know if it's possible to make the TV revert to the old format EPG, which I guess worked off-air rather than via the Internet?</LI></UL><P></P><P>Any help or information on this would be much appreciated.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:44:43 GMT https://community.sony.si/t5/other-tvs/electronic-program-guide-on-kdl-26ex553/m-p/640633#M3297 cochamb63 2013-01-10T23:44:43Z