Macbook as a monitor for PS3?

Didn't know where else to put this so...
My TV is old. As in, it has a built-in VCR old. SO this means that most games, being made for shiny new TVs, are a little fuzzy and it is **** near impossible to read text. A friend mentioned using their own computer as a monitor (some sort of Windows, I don't know), and I was wondering if I could do this with my own Macbook?
If there is a way, is there any sort of lag? Will I hit "X" and only see the character jump half a minute later?

HI Lunu,
Welcome to the forums,
I wanted to do the same thing. And I found there was allot of lag. So much so that I couldn't play DDR, or even Mario. Some of the new iMacs have direct input, witch I hear works really well. Some Video Inputs have less lag then others; For instance the EyeTv 250 Plus has less lag then EyeTv Hybrid. (witch is what I tried to use)

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