The firewire port is still operational (I can speak from experience). For what it's worth, because Comcast is required to have this enabled by the FCC, it doesn't matter whose DVR software runs on their box, it MUST support the Firewire port.
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The firewire port is still operational (I can speak from experience). For what it's worth, because Comcast is required to have this enabled by the FCC, it doesn't matter whose DVR software runs on their box, it MUST support the Firewire port.