Using the iMac as a Display

I have a PS2 and I was wondering if there was any way to use my iMac as a display to play it on. I saw some things used for video editing in the Apple Store but the Geniuses said that either I couldn't use them like that or the framerate would make it unplayable.
Does anyone know of/have any ways to do this?
iMac Intel Core Duo   Mac OS X (10.4.5)   2.0 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 256 MB VRAM

Hi. Supposedly you can use this product from Elgato (The EZ): http://elgato.com/index.php?file=products_eyetvez
Note that their more expensive products will not work because they are encoders, delaying the video.
Supposedly the EZ product will work for this purpose, for there is virtually no delay, with what you see on screen.

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