Hikvision HiLook Colorvu Lite 16 channel 3K custom kit builder (With Audio over Coax)
- 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).
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 HiLook Colorvu Lite 16 channel 3K custom kit builder

Mix and match from the latest Colorvu Lite cameras from Hilook by Hikvision with this custom kit builder.
The range of Hilook by Hikvision ColorVu Lite series for full time-time colour images day and night offers excellent performance in low light situations, with balanced brightness and richer details captured compared to a black and white infrared camera. The super-fast f/1 fixed lens and advanced imaging sensor renders realistic and accurate colour day and night.
IDS-7216HUHI-K2/4S
- Connectable to HD-TVI, AHD, IP, CVI & analogue cameras
- Up to 8ch 8MP ONVIF conformant IP cameras input
- H.265+ compression improves encoding efficiency by up to 50% & reduces data storage costs
- 8fps recording at 8MP, 12fps recording at 5MP, 15fps recording on 4MP, 18fps recording on 3MP, 25fps recording on 2MP
- HDMI output at up to (3840 x 2160)
- VGA output at up to (1920 x 1080)
- Smart search for efficient playback
- Support Deep learning-based analysis
THC-B259-MS
- High-quality imaging with 3K resolution
- Excellent low-light performanceWater and dust resistant (IP67)
- 24/7 colourful images
- 40 Metres White light range
- 4 in 1 switchable formats TVI, CVI, AHD, CVBS
- up the coax menu
THC-T259-MS
- High-quality imaging with 3K resolution
- Excellent low-light performance
- Water and dust resistant (IP67)
- 24/7 colourful images
- 40 Metres white light range
- 4 in 1 switchable format TVI, CVI, AHD, CVBS
- up the coax menu
THC-T159-MS
- High-quality imaging with 3K resolution
- Excellent low-light performance
- Water and dust resistant (IP67)
- 24/7 colourful images
- 4 in 1 switchable format TVI, CVI, AHD, CVBS
- up the coax menu
THC-B159-MS
- High-quality imaging with 3K resolution
- Excellent low-light performance
- Water and dust resistant (IP67)
- 24/7 colourful images
- 20 Metres White light range
- 4 in 1 switchable format TTVI, CVI, AHD, CVBS
- up the coax menu
- Audio over coax
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