As title says why cant i just buy a big television and also use that as a monitor, what is the difference
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All kinds of displays exist, not just monitors and TVs. There are also projectors!
TVs are generally sold as an all in one device that includes sound, usually stereo sound, and a remote.
Monitors are generally display only.
Protectors are mostly display only but some have crappy sound.
All of these have various refresh rate, resolution, lag, and ability to show color or even hdr color, and have different amounts of contrast.
They also have different cables, but most TV’s accept HDMI, whereas not all monitors and protectors do, but some do!
They can all be really good or really bad, for example I have a projector that can run at 1080p240hz or 4k60hz with one frame of lag, comparible to some great monitors.
You should research the display you are looking at, and know what’s important to you if in doubt, stay in the category that is usually used for what you are doing.
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