The 1394 standard interconnects between consumer video devices, with or without attached PCs. Following are the primary consumer electronics applications:

• Digital camcorders and DVCRs, Digital videoconferencing systems, Direct-to-home satellite video and audio MPEG-2 data streams, Musical synthesizers with MIDI and digital audio capabilities, Printers for video and computer data, Fixed and removable PC disk drives, internal and external PC-to-PC networking and PC peripheral component sharing, Cable TV and MMDS set-top boxes, Digital video disk drives
• This IEEE 1394 cable contains six copper wires: two wires carry power and the other four wires are grouped into two twisted-wire signal pairs.