Hikvision 4MP Live Guard ColorVu 4 Channel IP CCTV Kit
- CCTV Lens Guide
- Hard Drive Size Guide
Unless selecting a vari-focal camera (with an adjustable lens) It is important to select the correct camera lens option for where the camera is to be positioned. A smaller lens will give you a wider angle but will be "zoomed out more", while a bigger lens will narrow the angle down and "zoom in more". See below to give you some idea on angles of Megapixel HD Cameras:
| Lens in mm | Approx Viewing Angle (degrees) | Ideal Distance (metres) | Typical usage/notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 106 | <6 | For seeing as much of the immediate area as possible such as above a doorway/low down/garage soffits (edges can appear slightly warped/distorted) - clearly "zoomed out" |
| 3.6/4 | 83-90 | <12 | A great general purpose option giving great coverage still in the corner of a room or higher up on second floor soffits with less distortion - more of a natural "zoom" |
| 6 | 56 | 6-20 | Narrows down the angle and zooms in to look past the immediate area a little to gain more detail - down a driveway for example from higher up |
| 12 | 24 | 20+ | Zooms in significantly more to look at a gate, entrance or adjascent building |
| 16 | 19 | 24+ | As above but more so |
The amount of hard drive space you require is dictated by how many cameras, as well as their resolution, frame rate settings, and whether you have H.265 encoding enabled or not to save space (We advise turning it on to double the capacity shown below with ease).
Finally, you can often make your storage space last a lot longer by enabling motion-detected recording rather than continuous, especially if there are long periods of no activity (to perhaps double or more these figures again).
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Resolution (Megapixels) |
Days of storage provided by 1TB per camera (continuous - full 25 frames per second) |
Days of storage provided by 1TB per 4 cameras (continuous - full 25 frames per second) |
Days of storage provided by 1TB per 4 cameras (50% motion- 15 frames per second) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44 | 11 | 36 |
| 2 | 22 | 5 | 18 |
| 3 | 17 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | 11 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 8 (4K) | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 0.5 | 3 |
As a rule of thumb, we recommend 2 Terabytes for a 4 x 4/5MP HD camera setup, as this should give you approx 2 weeks using H.265 @ 20fps and that is on continuous, not motion-detected recording.
(You may only require the full 25 frames per second on certain cameras if things are fast-moving - ie above a till)
You can also use the Hikvision online calculator to work out what works best for you specifically: https://tools.hikvision.com/ca...
(All of our hard drives come fitted and are CCTV-specific from one of the major brands)
Hikvision 4MP Active Deterrent ColorVu 4 Channel IP CCTV Kit
2Way Audio and active deterrent Alarm and warning light. As well as the brilliant Acusense technology for reduced false alarms, these new cameras from Hikvision offer warning lights and alarms with the ability to engage the speaker and microphone manually to have 2 way conversations via mobile app.
This kit contains the all-new 4MP ColorVu series of cameras from Hikvision. These improve further upon the Featuring Darkfighter series with a wider aperture lens + bigger sensor size to let in more light as well as visible light LEDs to assist to provide colour images of subjects even when it is pitch black. More colour = more information!
The NVR that is included in this kit is the DS-7604NI-K1/4P
Professional and Reliable
- Dual-OS design to ensure high reliability of system running
- ANR technology to enhance the storage reliability when the network is disconnected
- HD Input
- H.265/H.264/H.264+ video formats
- Connectable to the third-party network cameras
- 4 IP cameras can be connected
- Recording at up to 8 MP resolution
- Supports live view, storage, and playback of the connected camera at up to 8 MP resolution
- HD Output
- HDMI/VGA outputs provided
- HDMI Video output at up to 4K (3840 × 2160) resolution
- HD Storage
- 1 SATA interfaces connectable for recording and backup
- Storage space effectively saved by 50% to 70% with the use of H.264+ decoding format
- HD Transmission
- 1 self-adaptive 10M/100Mbps network interface
- 4 independent PoE network interfaces are provided
- Various Applications
- Centralized management of IP cameras, including configuration, information import/export, real-time information display, two-way audio, upgrade, etc.
- Connectable to smart IP cameras from Hikvision and the recording, playing back, and backing up of VCA alarms can be realized
- VCA detection alarm is supported
- Instant playback for assigned channel during multi-channel display mode
- Smart search for the selected area in the video; and smart playback to improve the playback efficiency
Live Guard Demo
