TV output to Mac

A bit of an odd one, but I'm interested in getting the output from an TV into a Mac. IOW, it would be rather like running Front Row on the Mac - the difference being that it would be displayed by an app running on the Mac which when using Spaces, could be limited to a particular Space and allow other simultaneous use of the Mac (in other Spaces).
Any thoughts?

No I don't, I need what I'm trying to achieve:-)
Fact is, this setup is in a workshop and I don't want grubby, greasy hands on anything other than a remote that isn't too much of a problem if it gets dirty and/or dropped. But sometimes I HAVE to access the Mac for info (PDF manuals etc) and then I need to clean my hands first, but I don't want to have to do that every time I just need to select some music - a far too frequent occurrence since you cannot just play all the tracks of an artist in track order for each album and the albums in order of the Sort Album field like you can in iTunes. But that's a different problem all together.
I originally thought I would use Front Row, but it hogs the entire machine, so an TV avoids that. I'm just looking to get the best from that setup.
Actually, on second thoughts...
I'm certainly not going to potentially wreck my iPhone in that way, but if I could find a cheap iPod Touch, that might not be a bad idea. Certainly worth further consideration. I think I'll see for how much I could pick up an ipod.

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