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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In practical terms you can plug a TV into a computer just fine, but there are drawbacks:
1. Low framerate. Nowadays 120+ Hz monitors are becoming standard. TVs rarely do above 60Hz right now. The difference from 60 to 120/144Hz is extremely jarring (especially if you have dual monitors so you can see them side by side).
2. Input delay. TVs like to have an *opinion* about the image they display to make it more “cinematic” or whatever, including stuff like AI now. A TV can have as much as 0.1s delay between it receiving an image and displaying it, and it’s a crapshoot if it lets you disable stuff to speed that up. Such a delay can cause motion sickness and feeling like you’re “drunk driving” fast paced games. A dedicated gaming monitor is literally 100 times faster there.
3. Fuckhuge. A TV is for watching from a couch. A 27″ 1440p/4K monitor is much better for viewing up close both from comfort and pixel density (image sharpness) perspective.
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