Overview
The LC74786, LC74786M, and LC74786JM are on-screen display controller CMOS ICs that display characters and patterns on the TV screen under microprocessor control. These ICs support 12 × 18-dot characters and can display 12 lines by 24 characters of text.

Features
• Display format: 24 characters by 12 rows (Up to 288 characters)
• Character format: 12 (horizontal) × 18 (vertical) dots
• Character sizes: Three sizes each in the horizontal and vertical directions
• Characters in font: 128 (128 characters, one spacing character, and one transparent spacing character)
• Initial display positions: 64 horizontal positions and 64 vertical positions
• Blinking: Specifiable in character units
• Blinking types: Two periods supported: About 1.0 second and about 0.5 second
• Blanking: Over the whole font (12 × 18 dots)
• Background color: 8 colors (internal synchronization mode): 2fSC and 4fSC
• Line background color 
    — Can be set for 3 lines
    — Line background color: 8 colors (internal synchronization mode): 2fSC and 4fSC
• External control input: 8-bit serial input format
• On-chip sync separator circuit
• Video outputs - NTSC, PAL, PAL-N, PAL-M, NTSC 4.43, and PAL60 format composite video outputs
• Package
    — 24-pin plastic DIP-24S (300 mil)
    — 24-pin plastic MFP-24 (375 mil)
    — 24-pin plastic MFP-24S (300 mil)