i just got a secondhand hp laptop it came with a hp ec300 dvb-t tv tuner i found the driver for it on the hp web site but been unable to find any software to work with it as i dont know what software to look for which will work with this card so im hoping someone can point me in the right way

You shouldn't need any special software. The driver should be sufficient. Are you sure you downloaded the driver for XP and not Vista? What happens when you connect the laptop to the TV? Might this help? http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/... "So won’t you give this man his wings What a shame To have to beg you to see We’re not all the same What a shame" - Shinedown

I think windows Movie Maker should let you watch and record TV. If you have the right version of Nero, it is also capable of inputting TV data.

A product I used had the software on the usb device. Most of them seem to require a software package. Never tried movie maker. Might have to use the restore disks. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, antivirus, anti-spyware, Live CD's, backups, are in my top 10

Windows Movie Maker *may* be able to access the tuner card and change the channels as this page suggests: http://webhostingreality.blogspot.c... But, it doesn't seem to recognize my Hauppage card. I don't know about Nero. I can use my TV Tuner card as an input device for those applications, but there needs to be something to tune the card to the correct input. Here are a list of apps that you can look into: http://www.tv-cards.com/allapps.php Michael J

I installed an ATI TV Wonder Elite PCI TV Tuner card ,it came with a software CD ! However most reviews I read on the ATI TV Wonder Elite said the hardware was top of the line ,howeve the software was very buggy . I decifded not to use the ATI software and instead configured the card to run thru my O/S WinXP MCE 2005. It works perfectly ,only thing sadly I cannot use the very nice remote control that came with the TV Tuner card. If you have WinXP however you do not have the Media Center Addition, perhaps you can check into adding the Media Center to your O/S ? Good Luck ,Nick

I use U-Broadcast which works well for me and is free. WinSimple Software