Can the FireWire (IEEE 1394) Port be used to as a source for an external recorder?
• Yes, it can be used to send unencrypted Transport Streams to an external recorder. • It can only record unencrypted programs from the RF inputs (antenna or cable tuner inputs), not from encrypted CableCard channels (with the Copy Never flag enabled.) • The TV can be programmed to tune in to a specific station and start the recording automatically over FireWire. • It works very well with a FireWire D-VHS HD Video recorder to record the Transport Streams. • It works with external FireWire hard drives — but not just any drive with a FireWire port. It has to be a special drive enclosure that supports the AVC over FireWire protocol. Examples of these drive include:RCA 2160, Toshiba Symbio, CinemaVu. • Check out this AVS Forum thread on the Indigita AVHD IEEE 1394 Hard Disc Drive. • It can be connected to a computer running the Vividlogic DTVR software. This allows the computer to record from the TV and the TV to play recorded shows back from the computer. • The external recorder records w
