Yes I stand corrected (but only slightly ). You probably can generate video on a PIC and programmed in PicBasic, but I guarantee you it will still be quite a challenge taking this approach. And depending on your needs (which we know very little about), it still might not produce acceptable results. If you are just looking at producing a small number of units with this capability, then I would suggest using something like a BOB3 video board from these guys: http://www.decadenet.com/. Or for something even simpler (and much cheaper) may I suggest the SV1000 chip from: http://www.speechchips.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=7. Of course the BOB3 is much more capable, has 8 color text, hardware scrolling, and video overlay. But it will cost you to get these features.

If you do decide to roll-your-own, I would also suggest doing all the video generation with a separate PIC that communicates with another that runs your main code. This really would be the best approach (and similar to using your PIC with one of the above mentioned products), unless your needs are fairly simple.

Cheers,