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Not sure it's what you're looking for but we use a computer screen to watch stuff (DVD and, back when we subscribed to those, streaming services). To be clear, we don't have a tv and have not had any for over 25 years as we don't watch TV (but we probably could watch it on the computer screen if we wanted to by hooking some USB converter thingy to it; sorry I'm really not an expert in those questions).
Our last screen (from Dell) lasted 18 years before we had to replace it... The 'new' one, unsurprisingly, is also from Dell but I don't expect it to last as long, if we get 10 years out of it we will consider this good enough.
While I agree, options for very large computer monitors are quite limited. If you're using a large room, you're going to have a hard time finding a computer monitor that's as large as television displays.
You can use a projector, but that has its own set of drawbacks, like fan noise and limited brightness and contrast, which one typically mitigates by keeping the room darker. Those may or may not matter to you. Flip side is that you can enjoy a very large display area with a projector, if you want.