Macbook Pro and Xbox 360

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Is there any way to play an Xbox 360 through the Macbook Pro? If there are any ways, please tell me what materials I would need or products i could buy. Thanks for all the help.
 
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if you mean use your MBP as a moniter then no.

i dont know how else you would mean what you said.
 

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Or the EyeTV Hybrid:

$135 on Amazon:

Check out elgato's site for the differences. The 250 has some advantages. It's one disdavantage is that it is analog only for over-the-air TV, while the Hybrid receives o-t-a digital signals, so you can watch your locals on your computer in HD.

Keep in mind, you will be using the s-video to connect the 360 (or composite, but don't) to either one of these. At this time there is no component nor HDMI connections from an external device into a computer.
 
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bit of an expensive way of doing it like and for such a small screen, better of buying a cheap tv for that price.
 

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bit of an expensive way of doing it like and for such a small screen, better of buying a cheap tv for that price.

Not everyone has room for another monitor in their room (dorm rats).
And a TV does not give you the ability of a DVR, pausing live TV, recording TV for watching later, etc. It's a very good price for the functionality.

Over and above the DVR's with my satellite, have had a TV tuner in every computer I've owned since about '97. Very easy way to record the shows you'd like to watch later or even go back in and edit the commercials out then burn to DVD. It's a great way for starting/building your movie collection.

Even saved a couple of HD tuners made prior to the time the manufacturers had to implement the recognition of broadcast flags. Unfortunately, they both require windows.
 
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Items like this are great for watching tv, but you may well find the latency between capture and display a real problem for gaming, especially timing critical ones.

Gareth
 

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