Hikvision ColorVu vs Smart Hybrid cameras - pros/cons ?

[geek7899]

Hey all,

Did a search on comparison between the two and nothing came up here.
I want to upgrade my 10 year old Hikvision setup.
So looking at these night colour cameras.

As I understand, the ColorVu cameras have a rectangular light source underneath the lens, which stay on in dark all the time ?
Whereas the Smart Hybrid have some sort of motion detection and only switches to colour recording when there is a motion ?

These would be going in a single storey house.

Any real user experiences - positive or negative - with either camera ?

TIA

 

[Arjun]

10 year old Hikvision setup? Have you considered changing everything over to Dahua? Andy offers a comprehensive selection of Dahua cameras - I earn no commission for mentioning his products here
If you want something like Smart Hybrid, check out the T54PRO or IPC-Color4M-TZ

Hey all,

Did a search on comparison between the two and nothing came up here.
I want to upgrade my 10 year old Hikvision setup.
So looking at these night colour cameras.

As I understand, the ColorVu cameras have a rectangular light source underneath the lens, which stay on in dark all the time ?
Whereas the Smart Hybrid have some sort of motion detection and only switches to colour recording when there is a motion ?

These would be going in a single storey house.

Any real user experiences - positive or negative - with either camera ?

TIA

 

[geek7899]

Andy offers a comprehensive selection of Dahua cameras

Hey, thanks for replying. I know most of the retailers mentioned on here are in the USA. I am located in Australia, and would prefer to buy locally !

If you want something like Smart Hybrid,

Thats what I am trying to determine - do I want the Smart Hybrid over the ColorVu, and hence asked for any real user personal experiences with either

 

[Arjun]

Hey, thanks for replying. I know most of the retailers mentioned on here are in the USA. I am located in Australia, and would prefer to buy locally !


Thats what I am trying to determine - do I want the Smart Hybrid over the ColorVu, and hence asked for any real user personal experiences with either

Andy actually ships to Australia
Message him at @EMPIRETECANDY
He sells the Hikvision variants too but to an extent, its mostly Dahua

I would avoid ColorVu as it omits built-in IR; ColorVu is only good if you have a lot of external light (not IR light) to supplement night-time performance

Smart Hybrid is appropriate for majority of applications if you are deciding to stick with Hikvision

 

[geek7899]

Thanks for the pointers Arjun
I will delve on them