Use the MBP as a display

Two questions:
1. Is there a way to use a MBP (or even a iMac or just a PC monitor) as a display for an XBox 360 using some sort of cables and converters.
2. I have an old iMac G5 running Panther and is there a way to just use that as an additional display. (I am already using a secondary)

Hi,
As far as I know, you need a video-input card (or more commonly known as a TV card) to do this. You might want to have a look at the EyeTV products (http://www.elgato.com/).
Be careful though, there are two kinds of TV cards: one which uses hardware compression, and the other which uses software compression. Software compression uses your computer processor to process the video signals. Hardware compression does the video processing knick-knacks on the TV card hardware, which frees up your computer while usually giving better video quality, especially on older computer systems. However, the downside of hardware compression is the lag time to show the video on your computer monitor, which is a no-no for gaming systems like the XBox360.
Hope this helps.

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