Hooking MacBook Pro to XBox 360

I was wondering if anybody could tell me how to hook a MacBook Pro up to an XBox 360 and run media presentations, watch photos etc on it.
My boyfriend can do it through his PC but I was hoping there was a way to do it through my new MBP instead. It would be really handy if we were able to do it.
Thanks for any suggestions or ideas you may have.

Elgato. I'd say go with the EyeTV EZ. It'll run you $149. Just plug your 360 into the EyeTV, connect the EyeTV to your MBP via USB, and you're all set. I just picked one up just yesterday at Apple when I was accessorizing my shiny-new 17" MBP. Oh, how that baby purrs.... Anyway, that's what you're looking for.
If you want, you can also get the EyeTV 250. It costs $199, but it has a built in encoder...meaning that you can use it like a TiVo: pause, fast forward, and rewind live TV. You just have to make sure to turn off the encoder when you're using the Xbox, otherwise there'll be a lot of latency and the image will lag.
Of course, the EyeTV easy can record TV, too; you just can't pause, forward, and rewind like you can with the 250.
Edit: Whoops. Thought you meant so you could run a 360 on a MBP. My bad. Well, that's how you'd do it, if you were wondering

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