How to turn iMac 2011 to a TV to play XBox360

Hi there,
Is there any way to turn iMac 2011 to a TV to play XBox 360 or PS3 ?

Sorry no.
ThunderBolt iMacs only take video-input and can be used as dsplays from other ThunderBolt Macs.
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0xffffff839af23ec0 : 0xffffff7f8eb085c2
0xffffff839af23ef0 : 0xffffff800e0472a8
0xffffff839af23f30 : 0xffffff800e045daa
0xffffff839af23f80 : 0xffffff800e045ed9
0xffffff839af23fb0 : 0xffffff800dcb26b7
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panic(cpu 2 caller 0xffffff800dc9db1b): "TLB invalidation IPI timeout: " "CPU(s) failed to respond to interrupts, unresponsive CPU bitmap: 0x2, NMIPI acks: orig: 0x0, now: 0x1"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-2050.18.24/osfmk/x86_64/pmap.c:2337
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0xffffff838aeb3a30 : 0xffffff800dc1d626
0xffffff838aeb3aa0 : 0xffffff800dc9db1b
0xffffff838aeb3b20 : 0xffffff800dca2330
0xffffff838aeb3be0 : 0xffffff800dca2b65
0xffffff838aeb3c30 : 0xffffff800dc66a1c
0xffffff838aeb3d20 : 0xffffff800dc6a8f0
0xffffff838aeb3d50 : 0xffffff800dc653ef
0xffffff838aeb3d80 : 0xffffff800e002333
0xffffff838aeb3da0 : 0xffffff800e06396c
0xffffff838aeb3de0 : 0xffffff800dc93983
0xffffff838aeb3e10 : 0xffffff800dc20aed
0xffffff838aeb3e40 : 0xffffff800dc10448
0xffffff838aeb3e90 : 0xffffff800dc1961b
0xffffff838aeb3f00 : 0xffffff800dca59be
0xffffff838aeb3fb0 : 0xffffff800dcceafe
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IMac 2011 getting BSOD in Bootcamp

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I installed Bootcamp on my new iMac (2011) and installed Windows 7 SP1. I downloaded the iMac drivers to a CD via Bootcamp, and installed this.
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