[Richter]

Hi Guys,
This may be a stupid question but here goes. I use a HDTV as my monitor, has anyone figured out a way to use that tuner with Kodi?

[Karellen]

Which tuner?

[jools5000]

For Kodi to 'see' it in most scenarios for PVR/Live tv functionality it needs to be connected via USB/PCI-E to the device running the PVR backend. You then have to configure Kodi to see the hardware and present it to Kodi

Any tuner integrated into a TV wont provide this and will only work with the panel its part of, so no you would have to buy some new hardware to do it

[Richter]

Which tuner?

The tuner in the HDTV.

[Richter]

For Kodi to 'see' it in most scenarios for PVR/Live tv functionality it needs to be connected via USB/PCI-E to the device running the PVR backend. You then have to configure Kodi to see the hardware and present it to Kodi

Any tuner integrated into a TV wont provide this and will only work with the panel its part of, so no you would have to buy some new hardware to do it

How about a smart TV with usb ports?

[jools5000]

No the USB ports aren't for that purpose and it woudn't work

You would need a proper TV tuner USB/PCI-E device.

I used one of the TBS DVB-S2 cards with a Mediaportal backend a while ago and it wasn't too bad (UK based), what you need depends on your region, software and type of transmissions you are trying to receive.

I would suggest you start here
http://kodi.wiki/view/PVR_recording_software

[Richter]

Thanks guys.