Hi: My PIC will be doing other things, so I'd like it to be off board. Overlay (i.e. being able to insert text into a pre- existing video signal) is a requirement. The 'chips' I am refering to are in many (most) TV's today... the type that can overlay closed captioning or various TV functions (like your volume setting and channel). All the various functions (sync seperation etc) are already done for you. Generally you talk to them via a IC2 line. What I am asking is if anyone has used any of these with PIC's and what there experince's were. As this is not a specific PIC question, I might be best asking this on sci.electronics. But since my target processor is a PIC, I thought I'd start here :-) Thanks! Regards, ------------------------------------ | Jeff King Aero Data Systems | | jeff@mich.com P.O. Box 510895 | | (810)471-1787 Livonia, MI 48151 | |F(810)471-0279 United States | ------------------------------------