eli5 Why does GPU heats and use fan to cooldown while processing 8k video on PC and there is no single fan in a TV and still process 8k/4k videos?

Question

In short, why does the the TV doesn’t need a fan to cooldown and PC requires one while dealing with high definition videos?

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Answer 1

Soo many answers here that I wouldn’t understand if I was 5.

I’ll give a try.

A TV just displays images. A GPU paints them and prepares them for display. The GPU works much harder, so it is a lot hotter.