I had similar on Friday if it's related to a change of resolution which was posted on the main Aura discussion thread.
andyd1302 - 22 hours ago »
Related to the last update, I'm finding the Aura's auto-switching has become an absolute nightmare to such an extent that the Aura froze when switching to a Freeview Channel 4 HD broadcast in 16:9.
The Aura mistakenly thought it was 4:3 (pic below) then locked up.
The unit was unresponsive to remote command other than volume & channel up/down, where on channel change it still displayed the wrong aspect ratio & had to be unplugged to get it to display again correctly.
It seems since the auto-switching update was implemented in the Jan 29 release, along with the forced 1080p/50Hz default setting with less choice of manual override (1080i/50Hz please), it's becoming increasingly frustrating to use.
The only other option is if you've pressed the S/AD button which brings up more info. If pressed twice when on Freeview, I've discovered it gives the source resolution of the broadcast then the Aura decides what's best for you, usually 1080p/50Hz on Freeview HD.
Pressing the S/AD button a third time, the info box disappears.
Currently when delving in the Aura features there appears to be no 1080p/24Hz selection to match Amazon Prime Video HD or other apps and no 1080i/50Hz to match Freeview HD, only 1080p50Hz and 1080p60Hz.
The 1080i setting on the Aura seems to default to 1080p50Hz which might not seem an issue, but for SD content it definitely is as the picture is pretty wishy-washy when converted by the box then output to the panel.
Sky Q has the same 'conservative' setting, but at least the user has a choice.
https://helpforum.sky.com/t5/Sky-Q/1080i-vs-1080p/td-p/3464985
The box seems to have been engineered from the 'top down' (4k) rather than the 'bottom up' (SD/HD) & I hope the situation is remedied by Humax including a greater selection of resolutions further down the food chain.
I've got a query in to Humax support but it might be worth chiming in with your findings, taking a screenshot.
https://uk.humaxdigital.com/contact-us/
| Sun 14 Feb 2021 11:58:29
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