HIKVISION DARKFIGHTER VS COLORVU AT NIGHT REVIEW 

I really appreciate your test but it would be even better if you put a person there so we could see if the face was recognized.

Never thought that cheep colorview could give more clear night image than darkfighter :) Thank you for such nice compare.

Iv just put colorvu on the house to demo to customers while I’m on jobs and I’m blown away with the night time picture with a little supplemented light.

I’d like to see something with movement to compare any motion blur that might occur between them. Perhaps if you do something similar again you could place something moving in shot.

The purple tint on the grass is not from distant source but a typical IR tint in color mode with IR filter removed. Its most likely an IR light from your DarkFighter.

I have a Hikvision ColorVu camera and I am incredibly happy with the images, day or night.

They just release the Colorvu Technology in Brazil. I am very excited by this video to get my hands on it. Thanks

I love it at 17.05 when Dave's cable ties have all miraculously changed position {after he must of realised camera wouldn't seat the way he had them before} I know the vids 2 years old, but couldnt resist Nice vid anyway 😜

I think, that purple can be the IR of a camera that is installed there, I also got it on sites weer ANPR camera and my ColorVu is looking at the same direction and the white light is off on the ColorVu.

Great video guys! Thanks for sharing.

Ahmet Deveci lovevly saw you in this video

The 4mp powered by darkfighter is pointing a lot higher than the other 2, so image will be darker, try pointing it more to the ground the image will be a lot better

Awesome review, really helped me. Many thanks 🙏🏼

Exactly what I needed.!! Just ordered a colourvu system. Thanks

salut a tous je vous remercie pour cette démonstration que je la trouve très intéressante!!

love the videos very honest information and great to see in realtime if they do as they say on the box

Brilliant video...have read some comments and motion capture video would be great...any footage generally shows what someone is doing but getting a good image of face has always been a problem at night especially during motion

Thanks much for the review and comparison!

Could we also compare their IR performances? are they any different than regular ones?

Great video! If the colorvu night vision won't get purple, it would be much impressed.

Great camera test

You guys are fucking awesome man I've been killing my self searching for info all three of these camera and BOOM here you guys go reviewing my favorite cameras

Hi just checking you got the message below regarding my NVR model number, many thanks

GREAT VIDEO! Would love to see more of these side by side real world comparison videos. Please don't forget the part numbers in the description so us installers know what is what...

Great review !!! Thank you guys !

Great review gents. One piece of advice though, turn your audio into Mono when editing. Terrible having a stereo effect. Cheers!

"Go Deep"... nearly spat my tea out!! 🤣😂👍🏻

Is WDR enabled on the cameras??

Just ordered the 8mp DARKFIGHTER CAMERA AND AFTER WATCHING YOUR VIDEO I'M GLAD I HAVE GREAT VIDEO AND LOTS OF INFORMATION I WON'T USE CABLE TIES TO PUT MY CAMERA UP 😀 I WILL USE A DRILL AND GO DEEP🤣

Great information there guys :)

Excellent vlog 👍

You really missed a chance to film actual people in front of the camera, and not just static images.

We just got 10 color vue for a night club and pretty happy with it

I feel that while the banter was nice more focus on the tech would've been better. Meaning stock out of the box, with tuning (ex best video quality set, IR active of course 1 after the other) and movement ex: someone holding a number plate from 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 50m away seeing how that works out..

Hi I live in Manchester and looking at getting a 5mp colorview system to be fitted. I posed the question about sd card back up and they say it doesn’t have it and is cloud back up only? Is this advice correct or is there another ColorVu model 😳🙈. Many thanks ! Great videos, keep up the good work!

fantastic review! subscribed I just purchased this camera today and can't seem to enable the white light or if it is one I can not see it on? the installer says that it's not compatible with my DVR? can you please confirm? thanks in advance! Hikvision model DS-7604NI-EV1/4P

Hi guys could i double check, whats the exact model of the PTZ? great video thanks

Can u put the hikvision 2cd2385 G1 8mp ip along that or a separate review....thanks

Can you please recommend good ptz Hickson cameras for casino, and good varifocal as well

The darkfighter cam was tested without WDR properly configurated? And It seens to be over exposed at day and a lot of contrast at night.

Hello do you recommend the 5mp colorvu turret camera? Also what is better for my home an IP camera or a HD-TVI?

I thought I was watching QVC for a minute

Thanks for that very interesting comparison, understandably a little handicapped by the location & the street light, although that can be a typical urban installation problem, of course so not unreasonable. As a more rural installer I would love to see a similarly done starlight level comparison sometime, (perhaps comparing IR with colorvu), but so far I am impressed by the colorvu's performance there, although the shutter speed should have been normalised to the standard 1/25 sec. to give a truer picture - although I know only too well how difficult it is to remember everything! The dynamic range on the colorview looks much better out of the box too, but that might be affected by the longer exposure time. You guy's opinions seem to favour the colorvu which is good to know, so thanks for that. I've got a shedload of elderly Hikvision 2032 bullets on my home installation so I'm going to get one or two of these to compare and if they really are that good - to start replacing the 2032s, which to be fair were fantastic when they first came out but are now showing their age. One thing I would have liked to be covered was the mounting. Do you have to use a wall bracket on these or does the axis adjustment allow direct placement on a vertical wall? If a wall bracket has to be used, which one would you recommend? (and does it double as a connector box?..). Sorry for all the questions, but Hikvision are a bit sketchy on such useful information and I've seen a dome/turret camera out there somewhere now that mentioned an axis range that allowed direct placement on a vertical wall.. Good tip on the SD card, BTW - often overlooked as a backup security feature as thieves will probably nick your NVR(s), given the chance.

Hi guys, I am brand new to the CCTV world, I have the colour vue DS- 2CE72HFT-F28 colour vu cameras. I would like to know can I turn off the white light ?.. my cameras are on the the Hd setting and not Ip. I would be grateful if any advice. Cheers

I have a few ColorVu cams installed for testing and I am having the same issue as other people. Under 15ft, facial image is a complete washout when white light is active. We can’t seem to sort the issue.

im australian i like u video forget the rest

Good work

If you had to make a set up for your home with 4 - 5 camera what would it be????

Hi! I have to choose one camera from DS-2CD2386G2-IU DarkFighter 8 MP and IPC-T2347G-LU 4MP. The task is а parking guard but only through glass. So I cant use IR or any light. Which one do you think is the best to cope with the task in low light at night? Thanks.

good review of static images, however could one be done with a burglar? As in there was no action on your review, at the end of the day, people put up security cameras to catch and identify people. or action at least. As the camera works in so low lighting doesn't it produce a ghost trail of the movement? It would be nice to see a review of actual zoomed in footage that the police could use.

All of those images were pretty poor tbh. I would always opt for IR 4k in an industrial setting with additional lighting, and a colour vu/IR mix in domestic installations...

Wich NVR is Best for 15 (6Mp or 8Mp) ip cameras...? Shall i use 2 number of 4 TB Hardisk..?

isn't the purple haze from an IR light, perhaps from another camera?

Unless I have done something wrong in my experiment the Colour camera performance shown is very misleading. The night time colour camera performance illustrated is with the aid of the IR lighting from the dark fighter camera right beside it. This is why the grass looks purple. I tried exactly the same experiment using Dark fighter DS-2CD2386g2-I-2.8MM v Colour DS-2CD2347G1-LU. Whilst the CCD in the colour unit is generally better the night time performance with dark fighter turn off is way worst than your video illustrates. Bottom line you can't use colour unit at night without is lights on. This unfortunately advertises it as a vandal target or provokes light pollution annoyance in area which should be normally dark.

Hi I have the colorvu domes, one of the cameras turned fuzzy and then switched itself into black and white! Any idea how to fix?

Minus the purple it seems the color vu won. Can you think of scenario of where darkfighter x is clear winner?

So there is no 8mp ColorVu yet available?

Does the camera record both on sd and nvr

We're do I purchase the colour vu from can you send a link ?

for camera 5MP,. (the best) XVR 5104SH-X1 or DS-7204 HUHI K1 ?

great video dude.what do you think DS-2CD2385G1

Ok question for you, I know you pro guys really don’t like the Swann systems but as someone looking for a home setup the google integration appeals to me “google, show me front door” etc. I also like the feature where you can mask certain areas to decrease false movement detection and the search an area for movement feature too, I’m under the impression that these features are to do with the dvr rather than the cameras so my question is can I use these colorvu cameras with the 5mp Swann dvr (4980 I think) or do hikvision do a dvr with the same features? Thanks in advance

What is the model number of the NVR or the software you are using to view the footage?

hlo plz share small bullett hikvision network ip color vu out door camera model ?

Whoa, wait a minute. 19:20 Where are you getting the "latest 4.22 GUI firmware" for the K-series from?!

Thank you very much for this video - it was really informative!. Out of interest, do you know if the shutter speeds were all the same? I’m just wondering if the ColorVu camera was using a lower shutter speed to make the static scene look better. Thanks again! Edit: should have checked out your other videos, as it looks like you’ve already covered the colorvu in more detail. Great stuff. Subscribed.

DS-7608NI-K2/8P on firmware 4? is there a stable version out? everwhere i have looked i have been told to avoid as there isnt an official release, highest on the firmware downloads i can see is V3.4.109 build 200320 ?

My colorvu cameras have no purple grass! Just green! And some brown... haha, need to look after the grass.

Anyone ordered the Hikvision ColorVu camera for America ? I can`t find anywhere to buy ..Link would be good . Thanks.

Im using a 7608NI-K2/8P and can't find the latest firmware 4 with the ne GUI? Do you have a link to it? thanks

Wtf guys? I see in title "Night Review"...and u install it near a big light. No IR started....test is irrelevant in my opinion.

Sensacional!

The colour view is a turret, but as with some of the other new Hikvision turrets, the ColorView has the IR illumination back behind the same glass as the camera lens, so I wonder will it actually end up suffering the same reflection glare that the domes get, once there’s a little bit of contamination on the glass.

nice collabaration.

what's the difference in powered by dark fighter and a actual dark fighter camera

Is clour view is bettr than 8mp at night????

What u guys talking bout.the quality sucks even during the day.looks like 1080p

the difference between dark fighter and colorVu is that colorVu has the LED supplemental light

Reference the white light on the color vu, What is mode 1 and mode 2? No mention of it in the paper work

Bad positioning for the experiment with the cameras facing all that light in the background... you should do a quicker video in a darker area and compare all 3 again Cheers for the info though it was a good watch 🤙

could someone explain to me why not to use h.265+ ? thx

Hello daitech, being craftsman in France, then I order at home for the video material?

I have had the DS-2CD2125FWD-I (which I assume would be considered a powered by dark fighter camera) -- but in any case, I have had much success with changing the exposure of the camera down to 1/3 so that the lens is open longer. I also put the camera in to day mode so the infrared would never turn on. Is there any negative to changing the exposure of a camera down to 1/3? I figure there must be some negative impact of image quality or something - since most cams are set to 1/30 by default. Is there any possibility of damage to the camera/imager by letting in more light?

Best!

Wouldn't the light and IR etc from one camera impact on the other cameras ? Shouldn't each camera be used on its own over 3 nights and not all compared at the same time over one night ?

pl supply ip colorvu cameras having light distance 100m in 2mp with 16mm.

Hi after seen your review of the colourvu I have pitched 3 cameras and they are brilliant. To look at the cameras at night you would think it is still daylight. I have a basic 4ch hikvision NVR for the 3 IP cameras however the unit do not always produce thumbnails in the him connect app. Can you recommend a better brand or model of NVR, should I go for a higher spec hikvision unit or is there a brand that has better performance and functionality ? Many thanks in advance Kind regards Danny

The Colorvu uses white light? Not something I would want an intruder to know

Can someone tell me the models of these three cameras, please!

Prefiro a colorvu..ótimo custo benefício

hi. I have a Hikvision POE 4k NVR with Hikvision cams but I needed a cheap cam for my front door area. I bought a cheap POE turret cam but it is in NTSC. Question is will this work on my NVR....do your NVRs support both Pal and NTSC? Thanks, David

17:09, left handed mouse user (Like me!). Just need the left handed hammer to test the vandal resistant dome 😀.

NVR software link plzzzzzzz

While I like the idea of the review, it's not useful. The darkfighters would never be used without internal or external IR flooding in this back of factory scenario. I don't care how they perform side by side without the lighting aids. A better test would have been to present the best image that was possible for each camera with assistance. Also, IR is stealthy, white light on colorvu is not. Sorry it's a good vid but only half the story.

I am to trying to connect my hikvision ds-7204huhi-k1 with 4 ColourVU 5MP cameras to my windows 10 pc. I can log in and it then shows the Hikvision desktop with 4 blank areas where the pictures should be. i have tried vaious ways to bring up the pictures without success could you point me in the correct direction regarding what I need please.

Colorvu cameras r not clear as mentioned here in Africa

100k views on this video.... and what bro?

Do any of these domestic type cameras have ai

Only problem with your shoot out is the ir from each camera. The only true way is one at a time.

Where can we get the 4.22 firmware?