Hikvision 8MP ColorVu 3.0 8-Camera Turret Kit | BYO HDD

Eight 4K ColorVu cameras for full perimeter coverage of a commercial site where every camera needs colour identification at night.

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 4K cameras Hikvision makes and are buying based 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

• 8 × Hikvision DS-2CD2387G3-LIS2UY-SL 8MP 4K ColorVu 3.0 Turret cameras — 3840×2160 (4K) 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, 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.
• 8 × 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 10 TB (ST10000VE001, $811.99) — needed because ColorVu records colour 24/7 at higher bitrate than IR-only systems. Value alternative: WD Purple Pro 10 TB (WD102PURP, $747.99) — premium option, same capacity, longer-life-cycle bearings.

Why this size and not the next one up/down

8-cam vs 6-cam: 6-cam saves around $918 but leaves you with no spare channels. 8-cam vs 10-cam: 10-cam jumps to the 16-channel NVR (a ~$1768 step up) — only worth it if you need 10+ cameras OR want significant headroom for expansion.

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 10 TB (ST10000VE001, $811.99).
• Cat6 ethernet from NVR to each camera — we stock Hikvision Cat6 305m spool (DS-1LN6UZC0-BLUE) and StarTech RJ45 plugs (CRJ45C6SOL50).
• Monitor for local NVR viewing.
• Internet router for Hik-Connect remote access.
• Drill + masonry bits.

Saving vs buying separately

At list, the components total $4503.91. Bundle price: $4278.71. You save $225.20.