CAT6612 is a high-performance and low-cost single channel HDMI transmitter, fully compliant with HDMI 1.2, HDCP 1.1 and backward compatible to DVI 1.0 specifications. The CAT6612 serves to provide the most cost-effective HDMI solution for DTV-ready consumer electronics such as settop boxes, DVD players and A/V receivers, as well as DTV-enriched PC products such as notebooks and
desktops, without compromising the performance. Its backward compatibility to DVI standard allows connectivity to myriad video displays such as LCD and CRT monitors, in addition to the ever-so-flourishing flatpanel TVs.
Aside from the various video output formats supported, the CAT6612 also supports 2 channels of I2S digital audio, with sampling rate up to 192kHz and sample size up to 24 bits. CAT6612 also support S/PDIF input of up to 192kHz sampling rate.
By default the CAT6612 comes with integrated HDCP ROMs which are pre-programmed with HDCP keys that ensures secure digital content transmission. Users need not worry about the procurement and maintainence of the HDCP keys.

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