I guess I deserve it somehow, I'm thinking about getting a non-NVIDIA
GPU, when I get the money to do so. The problem is with using my TV as
a second monitor, since downloading a pirated copy of "South Park", I've
had this blurring effect on the TV screen, it continued when I switched distros, I'm sure people will tell me "there's some other explanation"
but man, I just feel defeated by it. I will have to buy a new GPU.
The problem is with using my TV as a second monitor, since
downloading a pirated copy of "South Park", I've had this blurring
effect on the TV screen, it continued when I switched distros, I'm
sure people will tell me "there's some other explanation" but man, I
just feel defeated by it. I will have to buy a new GPU.
My CPU does have its own video, which I used originally, yeah, but when
I got a 4K monitor in 2022, the Intel video was just unusable. Now I no longer have that huge monitor, but I am using the GPU to have two video outputs, which is where the punishment came down, in using the device
with my TV. If I had it to do over, I'd have not bothered to watch the
damn "South Park" ep, FFS it's such a petty thing but I guess I have to accept that I did it to myself. Bleh.
I guess I deserve it somehow, I'm thinking about getting a non-NVIDIA
GPU, when I get the money to do so. The problem is with using my TV as
a second monitor, since downloading a pirated copy of "South Park", I've
had this blurring effect on the TV screen, it continued when I switched distros, I'm sure people will tell me "there's some other explanation"
but man, I just feel defeated by it. I will have to buy a new GPU.
The problem is with using my TV as a second monitor, since downloading a pirated copy of "South Park"
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 04:31:35 -0400, Joel W. Crump wrote:
My CPU does have its own video, which I used originally, yeah, but when
I got a 4K monitor in 2022, the Intel video was just unusable. Now I no
longer have that huge monitor, but I am using the GPU to have two video
outputs, which is where the punishment came down, in using the device
with my TV. If I had it to do over, I'd have not bothered to watch the
damn "South Park" ep, FFS it's such a petty thing but I guess I have to
accept that I did it to myself. Bleh.
Was that the episode that made fun of Trump? See, karma is a bitch. Laugh
at Our Leader and there will be consequences.
On 8/17/25 12:48 AM, Nick Charles wrote:
I guess I deserve it somehow, I'm thinking about getting a non-NVIDIA
GPU, when I get the money to do so. The problem is with using my TV
as a second monitor, since downloading a pirated copy of "South
Park", I've had this blurring effect on the TV screen, it continued
when I switched distros, I'm sure people will tell me "there's some
other explanation" but man, I just feel defeated by it. I will have
to buy a new GPU.
WTF are you babbling about?
There is no way a video "ruined a GPU". Do you also think software
can "ruin" a CPU? How about music "ruining" your speakers?
If the GPU is really having problems, then EVERY monitor you plugged
in would look bad. Have you tried a different monitor?
Troubleshooting 101.
You know more about my setup than I do? Heh.
You know more about my setup than I do? Heh.
I obviously know way more about hardware and software than you. No
video is going to break your hardware.
I am correct.
You don't understand.
On 8/18/25 4:46 PM, chrisv wrote:
I am correct.
No you're not.
Chris, seriously, shut the fuck up. I realize that they don't do this
to every media pirate. Not every media pirate is the soon-to-be king of
the world. I was thoughtless enough to accept the damn file despite my general attitude that it's not worth pirating such things, I thought carelessly it's just a stupid cable-TV episode of animation, shouldn't
be a problem, now I'm paying the price. It's fucked up, but it's my own mistake. I have to live with that.
On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:04:19 -0400, Joel W. Crump wrote:
On 8/18/25 4:46 PM, chrisv wrote:
I am correct.
No you're not.
Chris, seriously, shut the fuck up. I realize that they don't do this
to every media pirate. Not every media pirate is the soon-to-be king of
the world. I was thoughtless enough to accept the damn file despite my
general attitude that it's not worth pirating such things, I thought
carelessly it's just a stupid cable-TV episode of animation, shouldn't
be a problem, now I'm paying the price. It's fucked up, but it's my own
mistake. I have to live with that.
Give us a link to the PirateBay page or where ever you got the South Park video from. I'm perfectly willing to download the same file and destroy my GPU too. I'll hook up a '65 TV via HDMI and see if I can ruin both the television and the NVIDIA GPU like you did.
It'll be a fun experiment.
I downloaded the two most recent South Park episodes (the first was so
bad that I didn't even bother watching the second) and didn't get
infected with anything. I get the impression that Joel was instead
infected by the terabytes of girl cock videos he furiously masturbated
to.
On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:43:32 -0400, "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote in <pMVnQ.61477$fST5.37639@fx18.iad>:
I guess I deserve it somehow, I'm thinking about getting a non-NVIDIA
GPU, when I get the money to do so. The problem is with using my TV as
a second monitor, since downloading a pirated copy of "South Park", I've
had this blurring effect on the TV screen, it continued when I switched
distros, I'm sure people will tell me "there's some other explanation"
but man, I just feel defeated by it. I will have to buy a new GPU.
Yer daft, laddie.
"Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
An educated guess: the stream is SD, which when played full-screen
set the TV to SD resolution ("fuzzy" on an HD device), which is now
holding your output at SD resolution. So either just reset everything,
or use your window manager's "Display" tool to reset the resolution
on that "monitor" (the TV).
https://ibb.co/9QNR7Dc
On 8/16/25 3:49 AM, vallor wrote:
I guess I deserve it somehow, I'm thinking about getting a non-NVIDIA
GPU, when I get the money to do so. The problem is with using my TV as >>> a second monitor, since downloading a pirated copy of "South Park", I've >>> had this blurring effect on the TV screen, it continued when I switched
distros, I'm sure people will tell me "there's some other explanation"
but man, I just feel defeated by it. I will have to buy a new GPU.
Yer daft, laddie.
"Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
An educated guess: the stream is SD, which when played full-screen
set the TV to SD resolution ("fuzzy" on an HD device), which is now
holding your output at SD resolution. So either just reset everything,
or use your window manager's "Display" tool to reset the resolution
on that "monitor" (the TV).
https://ibb.co/9QNR7Dc
At first I thought it was the OS doing it, but when it continued with
the new OS I blamed the GPU itself. NVIDIA is proprietary as we all
know. I fucked up, accepting the stupid video file, I feel bad about
it, but in any event it tells me to never buy NVIDIA again.
Pirated or not pirated its the same movie!
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