Hikvision 6MP ColorVu 3.0 4-Camera Turret Kit | BYO HDD

Four 6 MP ColorVu cameras for a property where night-time colour identification is the deciding factor — driveway, fuel station entrance, premium residential perimeter.

Built for

• Car parks, dealership forecourts, fuel station entrances — places where vehicle colour and clothing colour are critical evidence in an incident.
• Driveways and laneways with low ambient light where person and vehicle identification matters more than just recording the event.
• Premium residential — buyers who want the best ColorVu cameras in the 6 MP class and are buying on capability, not price.
• Anyone who has previously had "all the footage you want, but everyone's a silhouette" and learned the hard way that IR-at-night isn't enough.

ColorVu 3.0 — what it actually does

Traditional CCTV switches to infrared at night — sharp images, but grayscale. Faces and vehicles all reduce to relative brightness. ColorVu 3.0 uses an f/1.0 aperture (8× the light of an f/2.8) combined with a more sensitive sensor and onboard image processing to produce full colour footage in 0.0005 lux — effectively darker than moonlight. The 3.0 generation adds a white-light supplement that fires only on motion, so you get colour identification without the camera glowing all night.

What's in the box, and why each piece is there

• 4 × Hikvision DS-2CD2367G3-LIS2UY-SL 6 MP ColorVu 3.0 Turret cameras — 3200×1800 (6 MP) at 30 fps, f/1.0 aperture, ColorVu 3.0 full-colour 24/7 down to 0.0005 lux, 30 m IR backup, white-light strobe + siren for active deterrence, two-way audio (mic + speaker), AcuSense AI human/vehicle classification, 130 dB WDR, IP67.
• 1 × Hikvision DS-7608NI-M2/8P 8-channel Ultra-series NVR — 8 PoE ports built-in, 128 Mbps bandwidth, 2× SATA bays for BYO HDD up to 16 TB, AcuSense-aware features, HDMI 4K + VGA output.
• 4 × camera mounting hardware kits + quick-start guide

BYO HDD — what to buy

This bundle ships without an HDD because customers in this segment usually want to pick their own. Default recommendation: Seagate SkyHawk AI 8 TB (ST8000VE001, $654.99) — sized for ColorVu's 24/7 colour recording, which runs a higher bitrate than IR-only systems. Value alternative: WD Purple 8 TB (WD85PURZ, $769.99) — same capacity, alternative brand. Add it to your cart from the recommended HDD section below the buy button.

Why this size and not the next one up/down

4-cam vs 6-cam: the 6-cam kit (HIK-6MP-8CH-6CAM-CV3-KIT) gives you two more lines of sight on the same 8-channel NVR — no new recorder spend. 4-cam ColorVu vs 4-cam AcuSense: about $775 more than the 6 MP AcuSense kit. Pay that difference where night-time colour identification (vehicle colour, clothing) is the deciding factor, not just detection.

Where ColorVu earns its money

Insurance claim where the police need to identify the make and colour of a vehicle that drove past at 1 am. A burglary where the description rises or falls on the colour of the offender's hoodie. A workplace incident in a low-light loading area. In all of these, an IR-only system has the resolution to identify the event but not enough chroma to identify the person or vehicle. ColorVu fills that gap.

Specifications

You'll need to supply

• Surveillance-grade HDD — recommended: Seagate SkyHawk AI 8 TB (ST8000VE001, $654.99) — sized for ColorVu's 24/7 colour recording, which runs a higher bitrate than IR-only systems. See HDD section above.
• Cat6 ethernet from NVR to each camera — we stock the Hikvision Cat6 305m spool (DS-1LN6UZC0-BLUE, $289.99) and StarTech Cat6 RJ45 plugs (CRJ45C6SOL50, $49.99). One spool covers most 4-cam installs.
• Monitor for local NVR viewing.
• Internet router for Hik-Connect remote access.
• Drill + masonry bits for camera mounting.

Saving vs buying separately

At list, the components total $2355.95. Bundle price: $2238.15. You save $117.80.