Hi Mike,
1) Nope, and we have no LVDS to HDMI or LVDS to TTL converter. A small FPGA could almost certainly do LVDS to TTL though.
2) It can't read settings from an EEPROM directly-- it always has to be programmed.
3) You could try Momentum Data Systems (Momentum Data Systems: OEM and development system products for audio, video, HDMI, and DSP - Momentum Data Systems) if you are looking for someone in the US.
Dave