That sounds absolutely horrendous!! I can imaging the discomfort and strain that puts on you. You need a decent ergonomic setup for PS'ing for a period of time. It can damage your body - back strain, ligament strain, eye strain, etc. Plus working from TV must just suck, although maybe you are used to that resolution.
There are some ways to get a decent monitor and a desk cheap. Of course a thrift store and even driving around at night/day when they do the "big trash" pickup or w/e its called when you can throw large stuff out. Also some of the Koreans sell A, A-, and B panels from very expensive monitors. They throw them in cheaper housing and you can get an expensive panel for dirt cheap.
Like 5 years ago when the Apple Thunderbolt 1440P was one of the kingly graphics monitors at $1400, you could get an Apple reject panel. What that means is Apple test their panels and if they dont pass the test they grade them. Some maybe were so slightly out of color or maybe had minute amounts of backbleed, they would grade "A" and the Koreans would buy them up cheap. Apple only used A+ panels. the more defects it had, such as X amount of dead pixels or w/e, the lower the grade.
Anwyays this Korean company called Qnix was able to snag the best ones. Through researching monitor forums, tech forums, etc I was able to find the more reputable resellers. They sold this BEAUTIFUL, GEORGEOUS, PERFECT, BAD ASS monitor for $279 (vs $1400 for the real thing). For $20 more you could get a "pixel perfect" version meaning the vendor would open it up and check that there was no defects that your eye could detect. I made sure I got the one with the Samsung Panel (which was the best version) and that it was the one that could overclock to 120HZ. So for $299 I basically bought an Apple thunderbolt. It still sells for like $800 or so.
I don't know the deals now, but I am sure all of this is still going on behind the scenes. Also check out
https://slickdeals.net/ which is perhaps the largest Hot Deals sight on the net. May take you months to find that epic hot deal, but it shuold come. Also try
www.camalcamelcamel.com. You put in a price and it emails you when that price comes up. I saw some $150 headphones and for shits and giggles I put in $20. Well about 8 months later I got a notification and got them for $19.99.
There are also refurbs from all of the manufacturers. BenQ for example offers like 60-70%+ off on refurbs and offers a one year warranty. I would not buy a refurb if it didn't come with a one year or at least the option to buy an extended warranty.
