Microsoft TV Technologies System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for running digital TV applications are greater than the minimum requirements for Windows XP. A digital TV application requires the following:

  • A digital TV tuner that is compatible with Broadcast Driver Architecture (BDA).
  • 600-MHz CPU with 128 MB RAM
  • DirectX Video Acceleration-compatible video card with 32 MB VRAM
  • DirectX VA-compatible MPEG2 decoder

Further requirements for the video card are described in VMR System Requirements

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