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

TV just shows the video data that was already created and it just being passed to it. Video cards look at code and CREATE the video data real time. It’s that creation that is so computationally complicated. It requires a LOT of processing power, which generates a lot of heat.