Disk full and can't see why in Finder.  Just installed eyeTV

I am a fairly new Mac user.  I had loads of disk space on my Mac Book Pro, and installed EyeTV Diversity.  After watching TV for a couple of hours (not recording anything) I got a disk full message.  I've used Finder, but can't find where the problem is.  I deinstalled EyeTV s/w, but the Mac HD still says its very close to full.  The EyeTv s/w problem say it's not their fualt!  Somehow some large part of the disk is now unavail and I can't see where or how to fix it.  I now have a paper due and can't do anything. Plse help!

Dear Linc,
Great advice, I downloaded and successfully used OmniDiskSweeper, and found a large log file, presumably from the EyeTV s/w and deleted it.  The counts of disk space etc. seemed to reset themselves without a repair. Haven't found out why the EyeTV s/w does this but at least my MBP is all OK now. Many many thanks.
Thanks one and all for trying to help, and for doing so, so very quickly.  It's nice to know we newby users can get help.  Restores one's faith in human nature.

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