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

The tv is like (or identical) to your computer monitor. All it does is show pictures based on the signal it is given. Generating the signal is the part that requires computation and therefore generates heat.