Sean,
On Wednesday 15 September 2010 10:34:53 Sean Gibbins wrote:
>  Hi Folks,
> 
> I am just about to pack the twins off to uni and we are looking for USB
> tv tuners that will play nice with their Ubuntu laptops.
> 
> Anyone got any suggestions?
> 
> Sean
I use the following USB DVB-T receiver:
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 2040:7060 Hauppauge Nova-T Stick 
which works well provided you have a decent aerial for DVB-T.
See also
http://www.linuxtv.org/wiki/index.php/Hardware_Device_Information
for more info.
Cheers,
 Steve