A difference I noticed is when output is 4K, colorimetry is set to BT.2020 on hdmi (mediainfo tells the file is BT.709), while on 1080p it is set to ITU709. Both are limited range.
Here is the output on dmesg when playing 4K file:
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[138455.609058] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: HDMI infoframe: Auxiliary Video Information (AVI), version 2, length 13
[138455.609067] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: colorspace: YCbCr 4:4:4
[138455.609076] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: scan mode: Underscan
[138455.609084] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: colorimetry: Extended
[138455.609091] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: picture aspect: No Data
[138455.609099] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: active aspect: Same as Picture
[138455.609106] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: itc: IT Content
[138455.609113] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: extended colorimetry: BT.2020
[138455.609121] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: quantization range: Limited
[138455.609129] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: nups: Unknown Non-uniform Scaling
[138455.609136] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: video code: 0
[138455.609143] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: ycc quantization range: Limited
[138455.609152] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: hdmi content type: Graphics
[138455.609159] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: pixel repeat: 0
[138455.609167] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: bar top 0, bottom 0, left 0, right 0
[138455.609191] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: HDMI infoframe: Vendor, version 1, length 5
[138455.609201] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: HDMI VIC: 3
[139780.819976] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: Rate 371250000 missing; compute N dynamically
[139787.485429] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: Rate 371250000 missing; compute N dynamically
[139788.185497] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: Rate 371250000 missing; compute N dynamically
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And here with a 1080p file:
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[139819.527386] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: HDMI infoframe: Auxiliary Video Information (AVI), version 2, length 13
[139819.527411] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: colorspace: YCbCr 4:4:4
[139819.527420] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: scan mode: Underscan
[139819.527429] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: colorimetry: ITU709
[139819.527438] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: picture aspect: 16:9
[139819.527448] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: active aspect: Same as Picture
[139819.527456] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: itc: IT Content
[139819.527465] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: extended colorimetry: xvYCC 709
[139819.527474] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: quantization range: Limited
[139819.527483] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: nups: Unknown Non-uniform Scaling
[139819.527491] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: video code: 32
[139819.527501] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: ycc quantization range: Limited
[139819.527510] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: hdmi content type: Graphics
[139819.527518] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: pixel repeat: 0
[139819.527528] dwhdmi-rockchip ff3c0000.hdmi: bar top 0, bottom 0, left 0, right 0
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