Apparatus and method for displaying on-screen display image in compound video device

An apparatus for displaying an on-screen display (OSD) image in a compound video device, the compound video device including first and second video devices of different types, the apparatus comprising:

• a single memory device having stored therein both a first type of OSD data used by the first video device and a second type of OSD data used by the second video device;
• a first signal processor of the first video device configured to output an analog image signal;
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• a second signal processor of the second video device configured to output a digital image signal, wherein the second signal processor is also configured overlap the first type of OSD data read from the memory with an image signal from the first video device to produce an output image signal.

An apparatus for displaying an on-screen display (OSD) image in a video reproduction device having both a video cassette recorder (VCR) device and a digital video disc (DVD) device, the apparatus comprising:

• a memory to store a first OSD data for the VCR device in a first area of the memory and to store a second OSD data for the DVD device in a second area of the memory;
• the VCR device having a VCR system circuitry and a first processor to control the VCR system circuitry, the VCR device configured to output an analog signal;
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• the DVD device having a DVD system circuitry and a second processor to control the DVD system circuitry, the DVD device is configured to convert the analog signal from the VCR device to a digital signal, and the DVD device is configured to output the converted digital signal and the first OSD data.