Image PUSH was a new feature we released in 2013 with a free firmware update. Image PUSH is when the installer is enabled to put a full screen JPEG graphic/picture of their choice onto the Receiver/Decoder behind the TV. This JPEG image will appear on the TV instead of a blank screen in a variety of circumstances:

Scenario 1) The HDMI source goes offline or is powered off - this is particularly helpful when the customer has cable boxes that get frequent updates, as the Image you can PUSH can be a picture of the Cable TV STB with an arrow pointing to the power button, along with a text message on the screen that says something along the lines of this "If you see this picture, go to the rack and push this Power ON button. If that doesn't work, call us at xxx-xxx-xxxx for white glove service". Our control system drivers make it easy for you to push out an image that correlates to the particular problematic sources when they switch video sources. This feature saves an installer from a truck roll when the cable box gets turned off.

Scenario 2) Instead of waiting for the HDMI source to go "down", our control system drivers allow you to show the stored image(s) on demand (you can put a slideshow in the Receiver memory with 20+ slides). This can be used for digital signage purposes. For example, in a sports bar they can push out marketing content during commercial breaks or on target screens in a venue. Some sports bars simply show their logo, others show revenue generating content.

Here is a demonstration video showing Image PUSH in action:




On 2G/2G+ systems, you can use interlaced sources, but in all cases the 720P content will look better than the 1080i content. 2G also supports 480P and 1080P just fine, along with 576P and about 200 other progressive signals.

On 3G, 1080i looks great (mostly because we convert it to 1080p with a good scaler). 3G also works with 4K, along with all of the other formats supported by 2G.