Firewire | Dvr

Most modern cable boxes have disabled their FireWire ports or removed them entirely, as HDMI provides a simpler (and more secure for the provider) single-cable solution for audio and video.

Unlike analog recording methods, FireWire allowed for a direct digital copy of the MPEG-2 stream sent by the broadcaster, resulting in no quality loss. firewire dvr

A DVR (like a cable or satellite box) that uses a FireWire port to connect to an external hard drive for increased storage. Most modern cable boxes have disabled their FireWire