Monitors are more expensive for the size and lack features people expect. There is typically no remote control and you're not going to get component or composit

Monitors are more expensive for the size and lack features people expect. There is typically no remote control and you're not going to get component or composite inputs. I use a monitor as a TV but it doesn't have optical out just a horrid horrid headphone jack so I had to buy a HDMI switch and universal remote just to mimic what a TV does.