1. An imaging device controller apparatus for receiving a multi-channel digital representation of an image and presenting image data to an image output device, comprising: a receiver circuit receiving image data comprising a plurality of data channels; a control circuit coupled to the receiver circuit, the control circuit analyzing image data from the receiver circuit, identifying one of the plurality of data channels associated with a segment of the image data, and generating a control signal indicative of the identified channel; a decompressor circuit for receiving the segment; and a switch circuit coupled to the control circuit having an input coupled to the decompressor circuit and having a plurality of outputs each corresponding to one of the plurality of data channels, the switch circuit coupling a respective one of the plurality of outputs to the input in response to the control signal.