The reason why has been discussed so I'll shorten it to "we didn't get permission and agreements from them to offer this."
Workaround? Try some sat receiver to the HDMI port.
And let's make it clear that TVs with built in recording are upsetting some owners as the content just vanishes without notice as well as being locked to the TV.
Bob
Is it possible to record to external USB HDD from the satellite input on LG 32LS570S? When I try to start recording from any other input I have available (antenna, HDMI, AV), the TV says 'Recording from this input not possible'.

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