What is the difference between FireWire 400 and 800?

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What is the difference between FireWire 400 and 800?

Ian Urquhart (Lead Developer, E-Haus, LLC.) gives expert video advice on: What is the difference between "Firewire" and "USB"?; What is a "Personal Computer Memory Card Interface Association" (PCMCIA) slot?; What is an "ethernet" cable? and more...

The difference between Firewire 400 and Firewire 800 is merely the speed of transfer. The Firewire 800 transfers it at a higher rate of speed than a Firewire 400. That means you can get more data in a shorter amount of time over to wherever it is you want it to go.

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