Imac 24" with wii and ps3

I'm looking at getting the new 24" imac.
Questions:
1. is it possible to run a wii and ps3 through the imac without additional hardware?
2. If not, is it best to use a hd scaler like the gefen hd mate scaler to connect the devices to the imac or are there alternatives?
3. will the imac display give good reproduction of HD media (ie blu ray through the ps3)?
I'm aware of the elgato eyetv solution but want to avoid the tv route to avoid paying the tv licence fee (don't have a tv or any real desire to get one if I can otherwise spend the licensing fee on a better specced machine).
Cheers
Denning

Hello, 
There is no video input on the iMac. I've never seen anything but Standard Defintion video input devices via USB/Firewire (the HD input devices are PCI cards), they are also generally more expensive than the Elgato TV Tuners. I would have said that the cost of an ADC to give you the video-in is a significant chunk out of a getting a seperate HD TV, but then you don't want to have a tuner in the house because you'd have trouble convincing the TV license people it's not in use.
So my wild card answer is take a look at a 24" display with HDMI and DVI. You can connect it to the iMac via DVI as a second display and it's HDMI in port will allow you to play the PS3 on it:
Example (This is a TN panel hence the price. The S-IPS version is somewhat more.)
mrtotes

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