Video Capture help...I can't be the ONLY one with this problem!

Warning: Long post ahead!! I just want to make sure I'm providing detailed, complete information on my predicament. =)
Okay...I am using a PowerBook G4 15" running OSX 10.4.8. I recently picked up the Canopus ADVC 110 in order to capture video from my game consoles...this is something I was doing a lot of for a LONG time with the graphics card on my desktop PC. But the card is pretty old now and the screenshots it takes don't always look so good anymore, plus I thought it would be cool to be able to do this with my laptop, since then it's like having a portable TV. The Canopus works...more or less. But I have some problems...
The first is the lag. I have a splitter so I can output the S-video signal from the console to both my TV and other devices at the same time, and I've noticed there is a delay with the signal reaching my Powerbook screen through the Canopus (when doing the same thing with the PC graphics card, there is ZERO lag time between the TV and the PC). One of the reasons I wanted to do this - as I mentioned above - is to have another screen for gaming; my friends and I often have lan parties or simply have more than one game being played at the same time with a large group. The delay in the video/audio signal reaching the screen through the Canopus is very small, but in a fast-paced game it's crippling.
Second problem is that I have had a very hard time finding a program that will simply let me view the video in full-screen. The REAL-TIME video, that is...I want to view in full-screen (or at least a really big window, if not ACTUALLY full-screen per se) as the video is coming in. Plenty of programs will let me record a clip and watch that in full-screen, but the incoming signal is constrained to a little tiny viewer window. Again, this is important for the "portable TV for video games" idea.
Third problem: video quality. So far, the best quality has been obtained by iMovie, and for still captures, simply using OSX's screen grab function (shiftapple3 or 4) on iMovie, but even then everything still looks kinda grainy and fuzzy, the incoming video and the screengrabs. I tried a couple download programs, including BTV, which looked promising but turned out to be dissapointing with horrible screenshot quality and video quality in it's weird, screen resolutiong changing phony full-screen mode. All the screenshots I took with BTV have all these horizontal lines running through them. It's especially bad if the shot has any kind of movement in it.
SO...I have overall been very surprised and frustrated at how hard it has been to do this. Especially considering how easy it was on my Windows-based PC. I just bought an ATI card with S-video and audio inputs, and it came with a program that allowed me to view video in full screen, record clips, and take stills all in the same program, with decent quality (stuff looks a little washed-out, especially now that the card is three years out of date, but it doesn't have fuzziness or lines like all the screens I've taken with the Canopus do) and absolutely zero lag time. With my newer, sleeker Mac laptop (and it's a MAC...the graphics/video/creative stuff powerhouse) it seems to be nigh impossible.
I don't need a program with lots of fancy editing options, which all the ones I have tried seem to have. I just want to be able to view the incoming video in full screen, and take screenshots and clips with good quality.
And elmininate the lag, if possible! I don't know if this is an issue with the Canopus (or would be an issue with ANY similar device) or if it's something that could be solved with a different program. Any and all help is appriciated!!
PowerBook G4 15"   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

I'm using the tools which fullfill my needs best.. so, if the PC offers you "better" results, use it.. no dogma..
delay: sure, the electronics have to digitize the video.. a process of high computation = time/delay ..
quality: a TV signal fills about a quarter of my Mac's screen (or less) .. looking at it in "fullscreen" you have to blow up.. .every pixel get 4x4 pixel = low quality...
and: you go from digital to analogue to digital .. there HAS to be a loss of quality ...
BTV offers full-screen, doesn't it..?

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