MBP as additional monitor for iMac

Hi all, I have a an imac and a macbook pro. I have purchased a belkin mini dvi to mini dvi, I can now have the imac display as an external monitor, I was wondering if the opposite is possible, so I would like to have macbook pro as the external monitor?
Thanks
Lee

Hi,
sorry to say but no it's not possible.
The iMac is at the moment the only Mac with video-in capabilities, the MBP don't have them.
Regards
Stefan

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