Hi,
I had a big scare the other day when I changed the video output of the receiver to 2160 just to try if it works with
a 4K TV channel, H7C with OpenATV connected to a 1080 TV/monitor - I'm buying a 4K TV soon, I guess - and the
video lasted just one second and then went black screen... so suddenly I got no more video from the receiver, I
couldn't change back the video output to 1080. What a scare!
Then, without a 4K TV the receiver was "dead" and couldn't be used anymore. Thank god I remembered that I
saved the configuration settings of the receiver and kept a copy of it on my PC, so I thought to upload the
settings file only to the receiver via FTP, and this, after powering it off and back on again brought back the video
image.
Now, if I hadn't had the settings file and a PC to upload it, could I have done anything to recover the video image?
Also, why did this happen? Shouldn't the receiver have gone back to 1080 resolution if it noticed that there was not
a TV/monitor connected to it with a 2160 resolution? Isn't there an automatic mode that does this? Without this,
users without a PC and having saved the configuration settings, changing resolutions could be a disaster...
Another thing. What does changing video output actually do? Does it downgrade the image? And what resolution
should I use with a 4K TV? If the receiver is set at 1080 output and 50H, would a 4K channel look worse on a 4K TV
than if the video output is set at 2016? Or this only depends on the video quality and not on the resolution set?
And, does a higher video output resolution consumes more CPU and energy or will it be the same? Just curious...
Thanks.
Cheers.
