A display control device is connected to and controls a display device. The display control device comprises a frame buffer store, and a control component. The display control device is arranged to receive (S1) compressed display data, store (S2) the received compressed display data in the frame buffer store, and for each frame refresh of the display device access (S3) stored compressed display data, decompress (S4) the accessed display data, and output S5 the decompressed display data.