I thought of that, but my only TV is a 20 year old 28″ CRT with only coax and RCA inputs. It’s also a bit too deep to comfortably sit on my desk.
I’ve been poking on CL for both TVs and monitors for cheap, but everything’s either pocket-sized, 70″ monsters that cost $500, or perfect-sized ones that cost $400.
you might also try getting something that emulates the “spaces” feature of osx– basically i can hit alt+arrow key and i get a second “desktop” like so