A video display apparatus having user-selected hotkey functions and a method of using them is disclosed in which a function of the video display system can be changed by a user. Information on a menu item is selected by a user from an OSD menu which the video display apparatus has stored in a memory unit as hotkey button information. The information is read from the memory unit to be executed whenever the user selects a given hotkey button. The hotkey button information may be re-set according to the user's desires, so that the user controls the functions of the video display apparatus with more ease and convenience.