The maximum DVI/HDMI Bandwidth of 2.5 Gbps provides 12bit deep color support, which is offered by HDMI revision 1.3. Due to its active uni-directional feature, this switch is designed for usage only for the video receiver's side. For consumer video networks, the device sits at the receiver's side to switch between multiple video components, such as PC, DVD, STB, D-VHS, etc. The PI3HDMI341ART is the industry's first active DVI/ HDMI switch compatible with HDMI 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 which ensures transmitting high-bandwidth video streams from video components to the display unit. The PI3HDMI341ART also provides enhanced robust ESD/EOS protection of 8kV, which is required by many consumer video networks today. The Optimized Equalization provides the user a single optimal setting that can provide HDMI compliance for all cable lengths: 1meter to 20meters and color depths of 8bit/ch, or 12bit/ch. Pericom also offers the abiility to fine tune the equalization settings in situations where cable length is known. For example, if 25meter cable length is required, Pericom's solution can be adjusted to 16dB EQ to accept 25metere cable length.