Buy once, cry once. All else being equal, a TV (i.e., TV-sized) unit generally has a broader set of use cases and longer useful lifecycle than a computer monit

Buy once, cry once. All else being equal, a TV (i.e., TV-sized) unit generally has a broader set of use cases and longer useful lifecycle than a computer monitor for the original purchaser†, which could be argued makes good economical sense. † in my experience, computer monitors can have a long useful life when factoring in the potentially long tail of "donor/hand-me-down" cases...