What does the 1394 connection on our dvr do?

Question

have time warner cable service and wondering what the 1394 connection port is for.

Answer 1

Before HDMI became popular, 1394 was an alternative way to transmit HD video from a set-top to a TV.

In 2005, actually many HD TVs had both DVI and 1394.

If it can burn DVDs as well, you can use it to connect to a DV-enabled camcorder and download DV video to your DVD recorder

Answer 2

Simply put, the 1394 connection is also know as firewire. So, if you have digital camcorder, you can burn DVDs with whatever is on the camcorder.

Answer 3

Its probably for FUTURE use... for something like an external drive.. probably not enabled