Play Xbox 360 w/ my iMac display

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jasfa131

The Lone Deranger
I have an iMac from late 2006.
  • Intel Core 2 Duo
  • 17" monitor
  • 1GB RAM
  • 128MB video card

I'm purchasing an Xbox360 soon and I'm wondering if there's a way to use my iMac's display as the screen for the Xbox? It would really help since, I wouldn't have to buy a TV along with it.
 
Nope.

Not any easy way, that is. You'd have to purchase some kind of video-in device, which are usually relegated to recording video -- not playing it directly to the monitor.
 
My advice, don;t buy a tv, buy a second monitor (cheaper and better quality than similar size tv) then get the xbox 360 vga cable. That way you can use it as a second screen for the imac or to run the xbox through. Just be aware that if the new screen does not have inbuilt speakers you will need to plug speakers of some sort into the 360.

This is pretty much what I did with my 360, and it worked great.
 
Beware, I looked into connectors for inbuilt screens and whatever they say, the lag between the console and the screen can be a real problem.
 
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