I want to use my laptop (ibook g4) as a screen for my xbox 360...

...can this be done?
can hdtv cables link into the ibook g4 and display on the screen? (with extra cables, I would guess.)

dudes and dudettes, i bought elgato hybrid thingy and it plays tv in my ibook. the only thing is that the tv window is this itsy-bitsy tiny thing two-by-two inches. so everything is microscopic.. when you go into full screen mode the image quality droped enough that i wondered if i had drank too much wine while i was hooking this device to my computer. anyway, i am basically wondering if anyone can recommend a way to improve the video picture resolution with some kind of a maybe new video card or something else?....
many thanks in advance for your inputs!

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