Can i use apple tv to make my mac a monitor

can i use apple tv to make my mac a monitor

You can, somewhat. Certain iMacs released in the last two years support "Target Display Mode" which lets you use them as very expensive dedicated external monitors. In theory you could hook your Apple TV up to that with an HDMI to minidisplayport or (possibly) Thunderbolt adapter. (See http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3924 for Target Display Mode specifics)
But I would have to question the value in that, since you could buy a decent comparable sized flat screen TV for 1/5th the price of that iMac.
If your goal is to watch media content on your iMac, you would almost certainly be better off doing it using the Front Row application, or setting up iTunes to display fullscreen content and control it from your iOs device with the App Store's "Remote" program.

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