Running RCA jacks into a laptop?

[molotovwars]

I thought I'd post here and see what solutions people had to offer. I'm probably going to end up buying a cheap CRT TV for my gaming, but I thought I'd see what my options were for hooking my older game systems into my laptop. A simple google search has shown me that I will probably need a TV tuner of some sort. I wouldn't need to have HDTV inputs or anything, so I'm sure a very simple TV tuner would suffice, but I thought I'd see what recommendations people had.

On a semi-related note, and I might not find the answer here, but I remember seeing somewhere that where was a way hook genesis cartridges up to a computer. I don't mean just playing roms or anything, but someone made the hardware to run actual cartridges on a computer, maybe with an emulator or some sort.

[EDIT]: The above Genesis cartridge adapter I described was called the Retrode and is sold out. Oh well.

[CRTGAMER]

Get the TV. Its cheaper and there is no lag at full screen play.

[Jamisonia]

Even if you could devise a hookup I don't believe laptops can accept input video, they can only output. If you wanted to go to a Computer Monitor, there are plenty of old school console to VGA solutions.

[Anapan]

If you have a PCMCIA/Cardbus card slot on your laptop, look up "Smart TV Cardbus" on ebay. They work good and can be gotten pretty cheap. You can also get USB capture cards. Download Virtual VCR to show the capture card's output full screen and set it to 640x480 YUY2 using Smart-Tee. I can provide Cyberlink's YUY2 deinterlacing filter with an installer for it if you decide to go that route. It's decent, but not ideal.
For about $120 you can get a 1080P LCD monitor that accepts all types of video input. I've had my eye on an ASUS model for a while, but I already have so many displays...