It seems to me that over the last decade or so computer monitors and television technology has converged and, on the surface offer the same thing. But people are willing to pay a premium for a PC monitor.
For example, I’m looking at this 32 inch monitor [4k, 60h] and they want $6k?! Meanwhile even if I wanted to spend more, the absolute most expensive 32inch tv I can find is less than $700.
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At its core, nothing. But the specs tend to be different, as different things are more useful for TVs versus PCs. Apples to apples between resolution, size, refresh rate, response time, color space, brightness, and pixel density – they should be about the same price.
PC monitors often have higher refresh rates (not in your case), and much lower response times. A TV might have a response time (the time to shift a pixel from one color to another) around 50-60ms, whereas a monitor above 5ms generally isn’t particularly good. Pixel densities may be larger as people are generally sitting closer to monitors vs TVs, they’re not making money off of selling your TV app usage and personal data, which also contribute to prices.
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