The PD6461, 6462 are CMOS LSI chips designed to provide on-screen character display for camcorders. When combined with a microcontroller, the PD6461, 6462 control the display of the characters displayed in the viewfinder (count, time, date, etc.) and the recording of characters onto video tape (time, date, etc.). Each character is created using 12 (width) x 18 (height) dots. Kanji characters and graphic symbols can also be displayed by using two or more characters. The PD6461, 6462 are compatible with color viewfinders and can output character signals to three channels, the RGB channel for the color viewfinder and the VC1 and VC2 channels for the recording system and monitor terminal.