If a recommended feature is implemented, it must meet the PC 98 requirements for that feature as defined in this document.
| Consumer PC 98 | Office PC 98 | Entertainment PC 98 |
1. System meets PC 98 requirements for DVD-Video and MPEG-2 playback
| Required | Required with DVD-Video | Required |
2. System supports PC 98 analog video input and capture capabilities
| Recommended | Recommended | Required |
3. System includes analog television tuner
| Recommended | Recommended | Required |
4. System includes digital broadcast or satellite subsystem
| Recommended | Recommended | Recommended |
5. System includes DTV support
| Recommended | Recommended | Required (U.S. only) |
6. Video input, capture, and broadcast device support is based on DirectX foundation class and WDM Stream class
| Required | Required | Required |
7. Hardware MPEG-2 decoder uses video port for video data
| Required | Required | Required |
8. PCI-based tuners and decoders support bus mastering with scatter/gather DMA
| Required |
9. Background tasks do not interfere with MPEG-2 playback
| Required | Recommended | Required |
10. All components meet PC 98 general device requirements
| Required |
11. System warns users if it cannot play DVD movies
| Required | Required if no DVD-Video | Required |
12. MPEG-2 playback meets PC 98 requirements
| Required | Required with DVD-Video | Required |
13. Retail adapters with hardware MPEG-2 decoders enable a standard video port connection to the graphics adapter
| Required |
14. MPEG-2 decoder supports pull-down algorithm
| Recommended |
15. DVD decoder driver correctly handles media types, time discontinuity, and decode-rate adjustment
| Required |
16. DVD decoder supports subpicture compositing and closed captioning
| Required |
17. Subpicture decoder correctly handles subpicture properties and other functions
| Required |
18. System supports seamless DVD-Video 1.0 navigation
| Required |
19. System provides a licensed CSS copyright protection scheme
| Required |
20. Video input or capture device supports capture of NTSC/PAL picture quality
| Required |
21. Analog video capture device outputs video data rate of 3.7 MB per second, minimum
| Required |
22. Video input or capture device supports time-code reading
| Recommended |
23. Digital video camera uses external bus support
| Required |
24. Television tuner supports PC 98 audio and video performance
| Required |
25. Television tuner includes stereo tuner and supports SAP
| Recommended | Recommended | Required |
26. VBI capture oversamples VBI data at least four times
| Required |
27. VBI capture detects validity of scan-line data
| Required |
28. VBI capture makes VBI data available to the CPU for processing
| Required |
29. Digital broadcast card can receive all video, audio, data, and other streams
| Required |
30. Digital broadcast card can receive full bandwidth from each frequency
| Required |
31. Digital broadcast card can receive a minimum of eight simultaneous streams
| Required |
32. System includes multiple digital broadcast tuner cards
| Recommended |
33. Digital broadcast card provides support for legacy conditional access
| Required |
34. Digital broadcast card provides signal quality and other diagnostic information
| Required |
35. Digital broadcast card supports general-purpose data cryptography
| Recommended |
36. Digital broadcast card supports substream filtering
| Required |
37. ATSC DTV tuner is fully implemented
| Required |
38. Stream splitting is supported using DirectShow filters
| Recommended |
39. MPEG-2 decoder and video port support ATSC DTV standard
| Required |
40. Each device has a Plug and Play device ID
| Required |
41. Conflict resolution and dynamic disable capabilities are supported
| Required |
42. Dependent video device is not independently enumerated
| Required |
43. Device drivers and installation meet PC 98 requirements
| Required |
44. Software drivers are installed during hardware driver installation
| Required |
45. Applications provided with device meet Win32 requirements
| Required |
46. NDIS 5.0 driver provided for digital broadcast receiver
| Required |