"TV Guide Flickers
Problem:
TV Guide – When accessing the guide, it flashes on-off-on before you can use it.
Reported by:
Quinnicus
Dspencer999
Scoopy6
Updates:
16-10-2015 - Issue has been reported to Sony, awaiting feedback
20-10-2015 - Sony Engineers are conducting their investigations on this issue - further testing by Sony required as they are unable to replicate this currently"
It seems odd that this cannot be 'replicated' but this is just one more small irritation, like the controls for recommendations which are confusing and seem to depend on an individual setting for each app, and the inability to do page-up/down in the guide.
In fact the Guide glitch does not just occur when 'accessing the guide' and it is either the image of the guide, or the image of the last Tv channel, which is momentarily but inconsistently displayed when accessing or leaving the guide. It is certainly untidy and from a practical point of view it adds to the variable delays when the Tv tries to switch between processes and displays.
As with other issues, the inconsistency depends on what other actions the TV had just performed, but since July the problem has persisted after each update. There were comments here that someone had gathered it would be addressed in the October update. This seemed to indicate that the impression had somehow been formed that the Sony family had acknowledged the problem, while on 20.10.2015 this has apparently been contradicted!!
This is just one more small illustration of the frustations which have arisen from the way Android has left it to users to organise their own ways of trying to implement feedback, and the matching inadequacy of the Sony family's hints as to what is still to be fixed, while delaying promised major fixes and introducing stability updates without specifying what they are for.
At this stage he is really no more badly behaved than e.g. young Humax 9150 was at first. Humax is now an old boy but he is a delight to use. His responses to feedback made him a superb example of simplicity, reliability, and efficiency. In contrast, Android's parents' claims about 'support' have been far from the reality, and as far as we are concerned his updates have not yet produced any obvious improvement.
On the record so far no marks can be given for effort, Android must do what he says he will, and all round he must try a lot harder 
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