An on-screen display controller or on-screen display circuit (OSDC or OSD Controller) or just OSD is a digital circuit that provides the functionality needed to create on-screen displays - i.e. a circuit that allows text and low-level graphics to be superimposed onto a TV screen (on top of normal video signal). OSD circuitry is found as discrete chips, built-into some microcontrollers, and most recently incorporated into the main graphics processor. Sometimes discrete chips also incorporate other features such as picture-in-picture (PiP) along with OSD.

Typical features

This section is empty; you can help add the missing info by editing this page.

Architecture

This section is empty; you can help add the missing info by editing this page.

OSD Chips

• Mitsubishi M350xx
• Motorola MC14154x
• Myson Technology OSDs
• Philips SAA56xx (TV MCUs + OSD)
• Philips PCA85xx
• Sanyo LC863
• Sanyo LC747
• Samsung 25xx
• SGS-Tompson STV94xx
• NEC μPD64xx

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

See also

• picture-in-picture (PiP)

This article is still a stub and needs your attention. You can help improve this article by editing this page and adding the missing information.