Why do TVs not require graphics cards the same way that computers do?

Question

Let’s use Balders Gate as an example… the majority of the really “graphic” intensive parts of the game are the cut scenes and not the actual game. So why would it need a substantial GPU? Isn’t it just playing back a prerecorded video much like a TV would? Or am I thinking of this wrong?

In: Technology

Answer 1

The computer really means the box that plugs into the wall and into the monitor. It does basically the same thing as a PlayStation or Xbox. The computer monitor is like the TV.

A computer monitor, just like a TV, does not have a video card.