How do I play my Xbox360/PS3 on my MacBook Pro?

Hello! I was wondering if there was a way to set up my MacBook Pro as my monitor for my 360 or my PS3 so that I can play games in HD.
Now I know there are tuners out there that support just standard composite cables, but is there any way to have HD support on my MacBook Pro?

There's no way to do this... although that would be really awesome!
What you would need, for PS3 or XBOX 360 Elite, would be an HDMI input into the MacBook Pro, essentially. Unfortunately they don't have this built-in.
Theoretically, someone could make a card for the ExpressCard slot that would add an HDMI input to allow for capture of the video from you console as well as displaying it on the screen of the laptop.
There is already a PCI Express card for desktop machines that allows this:
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/peripherals/blackmagic-design-intensity-hdmi-io-for-m acs-and-pcs-200090.php
You could always get an external PCI expansion system and hook your Mac up to it via an ExpressCard:
http://www.magma.com/products/pci/index.html
This would be a very unwieldy and expensive solution however; the 1-slot Magma PCI expansion chassis is $999! It would be cheaper just to go and buy a cheap LCD panel with HD inputs on it
Unless someone comes out with an ExpressCard 34 card that would enable HDMI inputs... probably will happen before too long...

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