4MP Camera Shootout - Axis, Dahua, DW, Hanwha, Hikvision, Uniview, Vivotek

By Ethan Ace, Published Sep 24, 2018, 07:02am EDT

4MP usage continues to climb, especially for low cost fixed lens models. To see who was best, we bought and tested seven 4MP models from Axis, Dahua, Digital Watchdog, Hanwha, Hikvision, Uniview, and Vivotek.

4mp camera shootout

Inside this report, we rank performance overall and across major dimensions including:

  • Night/IR image quality
  • IR coverage/evenness
  • Max IR range
  • WDR image quality
  • Daytime image quality
  • Bandwidth efficiency
  • VMS integration
  • Street pricing

Those interested in individual cameras can review:

Performance ********

***** ** *** *****, performance ***** **** * groups:

  • *** *********:********* **-**********-*. *** ********* Performance ****** *** ******* top-level ** ******* *** coverage, ******* *** *** details, *** *** ********, as **** ** ***** VMS ***********.
  • ******* ***********:*****, ******, *** ******* each *** *********** ********** in ** ***** *** area, ***** *** ******* FD8379-HV **** ** *** middle ** *** **** in **** **********.
  • ******:*** **** *****-*** ** II *** ******* ****** in ********* ***** *******, evenness ** ************, *** range **** ***** ******, while **** *** ******* price *****. *** ** MTT4Wi ****** ** ** range, **** **** ******** and *** ******* *** integration ** ******* ******.

4mp camera shootout rankings

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4mp camera shootout summary lite

Hikvision ******/**** ******

*******, *** *** ********** Hikvision **** *** **** the ****** ***** ** this ****, ****** ******** in ***** ******* ** time *** *******, *** using ***** ********** ******* and ****.

** ********, *** **** M3106-LVE *** ********** ** mid-2016. ***** * ****** generation ** ** ***** was ******** ** ****, it *** *** ***** improved ******* ************, ****** size, ** *** **** its ***** ********** *********** (but ***** *.*** *** reduced ***** *********** *** to **** ******* ** components).

** **** ** ****** release *** ********** *** models ******* **** *** cameras ****** ****, ** will **** **** *** amend *** *******.

IR ***** ******* (

***** ******* ** **** scenes **** ********** ** varied ******, **** ************ and **** ************ **** issues ** ******** *******.

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** * **** (~*.** Lux) *****, *** ***** and ******* ******* ******* the ********* ******* ** close ***** (~**'/** ***), with *** *******'* **** clearly ************ ** **** cameras. ** ********, *** Hanwha *** **** ****** details *** ******, **** the ******* ****** *******/******, with ******* ************ ** the ****** ***-*****.

4mp nighttime performance differences 15

** ****** ***** (~**'/** PPF), ***** ***** ******** better *******, **** ***** especially *******, ********* *-* legible ***** ** *** test *****. *** ******* IPC3614 ** **** ******* than ***** ******, *** produces ******** ******. ** contrast, **** ********* *** available ** *** **** M3106, ***** ** ********** darker **** ****** ** this *****, *** ****** QNV-7010R, ***** ******** ***** detection *** ** ******* due ** **** ****** (an ********* **** ** *** indoor *******).

4mp nighttime performance differences 30

**** **** **** *** Hanwha **** ***** *** shortest ** ****** ** cameras ****** (***/*** ************ compared ** *** ** others), ********* *****.

IR ************ ********

******** *** ******** ** IR ************ *** ******* to *****, **** ********* and ******* **** ***** the **** ****, *** Axis *** ****** ********** worst. **** **** **** cameras ****** *********** ** least * ****** **** in ************ ** *** edges ** *** ***** of ****, **** **** the ********* ******* *** same ************ *****.

2

***** *****, *** ********* 2345 ******** ***** ************ of *** ******* ** the **** ** *** field ** ****. *******, details *** ***** ******* due ** ** ******** in ******* *****, ** well ** ****** **********.

hikvision ds-2cd2345fwd-i

** ********, ** *** Axis *****-***, ** ****** details *** ** **** in *** ******* ** the **** ** *** field ** ****, **** the ******* **** **** dimly ***********.

axis m3106-lve mk ii

IR ************ *****

*** ******** ** ******* in **** **** ***** 30m/~98' ** *****, ********* Dahua, *********, *******, *** Vivotek.

3

*******, *********** ****** ****** among ***** ******, **** detection **** ** *** Dahua, ***** *********** *** subject ******* *** **********, borderline ********* ** *** Hikvision ****, *** ********* impossible ** *** ******* and ******* *******.

dahua solid detection at 30m

****, ******* ********, *** Hanwha **** ***** ***** at **** *****, ******** shorter ** ******, *** in **** *** *** in ** *** ******.

Daytime ***** *******

******* *********** *** **** closer **** *********, **** all ******* ********* ****** details ** *** ******* at ***** ***** (~**'/** PPF).

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*** **** ***** ******* from ****** ************ ** this ***** ***** ****** do ***.

4mp daytime performance differences 15

** ~**'/~** ***, *** Hikvision ****** ******** *** most **** ******** ** cameras ******, **** ******** better ******* ** *** subject's **** **** *** Hanwha ***-*****. ******** ** closer *****, *** ******* FD8379-HV *** **** ***** both ********** **** ** the **** ***** *** subject.

4mp daytime performance differences 30

WDR ***********

*** ****** ****** ******** true *** ***********, **** multiple ******* ********** ***** well ** *** *****. Contrast **** ** **** ~2 ***** ***, **** true *** *** ***** regarded ** * ****-*** feature *** ***** ***** of *******.

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4mp wdr performance differences

Note: ******* *** ******** ********** ********* (~*%)

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true wdr mode quad hd vs 4mp digital wdr

Bandwidth **********

**** ******* ****** ******** smart ****** ** **** as *.***, **** *** exceptions:

  • ******* ******** *** *** include ***** ******, **** H.265, *** **** ****** lacking **** ** **** test.
  • ******* *** *** **** model ***** *** *** include *.***, *** ** did ******* ***** ***** Stream ** ***** *****.

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*** ******* ******** ** cameras ****** **** ******* (at ***** **** ** on) ** **** * MB/s *** ******* ******** (day) ** **** *** Kb/s. ** ********, *** Axis *****-*** ******** ***** 1 **/* **** *** and *****, **** *** Hikvision **** **** ******** higher.

*** ****** *** ***** cameras ****** *********** ** night, ****** ***** ******* bitrates **** *********** ** lower **** *******.

bitrate comparison

VMS ***********

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h264 camera shootout summary

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H.265 ******* ******

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** *** ******* **** supported ** ***** *****, with ** ********* **** in ******* ***** (***** OEMs ******* ********'* ******** VMS) *** ******* ******* only ** ******* *** Network *****.

**** **** *.*** *** not ****** **** ******** as *** *** **** not *** ******* *** codec, *** *******'* ******-** streams **** ** *.***.

h265 camera shootout summary

Camera **** ***

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camera side vmd integration

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4mp camera price comparison

Test ***** *****

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Firmware ******** ****

*** ********* ******** ******** were **** ** **** test:

  • **** *****-*** ** **: 8.30.1.1
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  • ******* ******** ***-********: *.*.*.*(*****
  • ****** ***-*****: *.*********
  • ********* **-**********-*: **.*.** ***** 180622
  • ******* **********-*****: *********-*************
  • ******* ******-**: *****

Country ** ******

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  • **** *****-*** ** **: Made ** ******
  • ***** *******: **** ** China
  • ******* ******** ***-********: **** in *****
  • ****** ***-*****: **** ** Korea
  • ********* **-**********-*: **** ** China
  • ******* **********-*****: **** ** China
  • ******* ******-**: **** ** Taiwan

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Clint Hays

Rasilient | 09/24/18 11:28am

The Hikvision shots are pretty nice, but I'm even surprised bull the UNV images up close.

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Rafael Oneda

09/24/18 12:11pm

Good comparison!
Axis used to be better than almost all concurrents, both in image quality and bandwidth. I'm impressed by the low-price manufacturers performance...

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Undisclosed Integrator #1

09/24/18 12:32pm

Waiting on Sean's post about how great Hikvision is and this test now somehow proves they are not a cyber security threat :)

Seriously though, great report and great shootout comparison as always.  

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Jonathan de Chateau

In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #1 | 09/24/18 01:58pm

If you read to the bottom you need to block more cameras:

  • Axis M3106-LVE Mk II: Made in Poland
  • Dahua N44CL52: Made in China
  • Digital Watchdog DWC-MTT4Wi28: Made in China
  • Hanwha QNV-7010R: Made in Korea
  • Hikvision DS-2CD2345FWD-I: Made in China
  • Uniview IPC3614SR3-DPF28: Made in China
  • Vivotek FD8379-HV: Made in Taiwan

If you think the ban is about cyber security please read the thread about it here on IPVM. Its been explained over and over again.

Most clear by Bashis, read a copy here.

For all brands made in China, there is a new tariff in place.

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Jonathan de Chateau

In reply to Jonathan de Chateau | 09/24/18 02:34pm

Thanks for the Unhelpful vote dear anonymous, great explanation too.

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Sean Nelson

Nelly's Security
In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #1 | 09/24/18 03:32pm

HikHater Competitors new Slogan: 

"Our cameras suck compared to Hikvision, but atleast you wont get hacked!"

Does that reply meet your satisfaction?

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Dennis Ruban

In reply to Sean Nelson | 09/26/18 04:37am

You still get hacked just less chance.

get crappy cameras, pay twice as much, just because we know nothing about network security 

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John Bazyk

Command Corporation
IPVMU Certified | 09/24/18 01:13pm

We have been using more DW cameras these days. My biggest issue has been bandwidth. We don't use the model you tested, we find their MV84WIA works much better for us. We get a DW license everytime we purchase one of these cameras. If it weren't for the bandwidth I would have zero complaints. 

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Abaas Mahroos

Al Aswar Trading Group
IPVMU Certified | In reply to John Bazyk | 09/24/18 02:34pm

Looks like a CPRO camera to me. It would be made in Vietnam or Korea by CPRO originally.

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John Bazyk

Command Corporation
IPVMU Certified | In reply to Abaas Mahroos | 09/24/18 05:26pm

I am pretty sure they make most if not all of DW's cameras. 

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Abaas Mahroos

Al Aswar Trading Group
IPVMU Certified | In reply to John Bazyk | 09/24/18 06:40pm

The example in this shootout is actually by TVT.

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Joseph Henry

In reply to John Bazyk | 09/24/18 09:41pm

You purchase a license separately or one is given with the IPC?

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John Bazyk

Command Corporation
IPVMU Certified | In reply to Joseph Henry | 09/24/18 10:07pm

DW gives a spectrum license with every motorized lens camera. 

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #2

09/24/18 01:59pm

On the Bitrate Comparison testing what is the actual bitrate of the camera set at?
10FPS at 4MP with h.265 and Smart Codecs is listed but what was the bitrate setting at?

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Ethan Ace

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Manufacturer #2 | 09/24/18 03:02pm

They were set to VBR with the highest allowable bitrate as cap, which varied from manufacturer to manufacturer. We'll gather that and post back.

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Rich Moore

In reply to Ethan Ace | 09/24/18 03:54pm

Wouldn't it make sense to put each camera tested at the same bit rate?

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Ethan Ace

IPVM | In reply to Rich Moore | 09/24/18 07:48pm

Setting each camera to the same bitrate is practically impossible, and undesirable.

For one, many manufacturers do not simply allow you to fix the bitrate. Axis, for example, allows only variable bitrate or maximum bitrate (VBR/MBR). They are not the only ones.

Second, even if we could, it would remove much of the value of the test, since it limits the cameras' ability to vary bitrate according to the scene, and certain cameras are more or less efficient at doing so. In real world installs, most use VBR, as well, so fixing bitrate would be less valuable to users.

Instead, we standardize on settings that result in quantization of ~28-30 before smart codecs are turned on. Once smart codecs are applied, quantization will vary widely depending on the camera or even the region of the image, which is again one of the things we are testing.

The only thing testing CBR would allow is to see which camera ends up with the lowest effective quantization. But quantization is not a clear indication of better image quality, because of factors like exposure, blur/lack thereof, sensitivity, etc., so it's fine as academic information but not very useful as a real world test.

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #3

09/24/18 04:25pm

Outstanding report guys!

Great detail and sound test process. 

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Rafael Oneda

09/24/18 04:43pm

In my oppinion you should compare more features, like on board analyctics... I gess its a Axis's great strong point

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John Bazyk

Command Corporation
IPVMU Certified | In reply to Rafael Oneda | 09/24/18 05:24pm

IPVM has other analytics shootouts. 

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Rafael Oneda

In reply to John Bazyk | 09/24/18 05:47pm

Yes! I know! But, maybe the analytics tests should be part of this comparison... To ensure that a camera is better than other, its necessary to consider all features of both cameras, dont you think?

I gess the Axis ACAP is a feature that can be a big differential against other manufacturers, and it helps to justify the price difference

An other poit is durability.. I know some companies that have 10+ years old Axis Cameras, such as Axis 206, Axis 212PTZ, Axis 211 and Axis 215PTZ... I can be wrong, but I dont think that a Chinese camera can last so long

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Jonathan de Chateau

In reply to Rafael Oneda | 09/24/18 08:00pm

Axis has a longer trackrecord, so you will find more user experience.
In our 7 years of Hik distribution the fault/defect rate has been very low and lifetime quite long.

Cameras get replaced because technology has caught up, not because they are defective.

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Undisclosed Integrator #6

In reply to Rafael Oneda | 10/01/18 07:45am

I'm afraid you are wrong in regard to Chinese reliability. Hikvision has demonstrated excellent reliability in the 10 years we've been using them. The failure rate (installed) has been better than other cameras we have used (Flir, Avigilon, Axis). In total honesty, the only difference is out of box issues where Hik have had a marginally higher incidence. We put this down to the final quality checking this is most likely batch tested rather than individually tested. But anecdotally, if it works out of the box - it will last longer than other manufacturers that fail more often in the field. We pick up the issues quickly when we set up the cameras in the workshop - so its not an issue for us. It's a bigger issue when they fail in the field, so quid pro quo - Hik works for us.

No point even reading any Hik haters comments - but would be interested in other Hik installers experiences to see if they are similar. Given the thousands we've installed, the out of box issues are less than 20 - so has been a very manageable run-rate.

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Chris Chambers

In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #6 | 03/24/19 06:36pm

And yet you hide behind undisclosed.  I hope you're right, and it turns out that the Hik cams I have bought are a total bizarro world departure from the vast majority of other Chinese products, and thus actually have a long service life.  Better yet, more options arise that are manufactured in the West over the next several years.

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Dennis Ruban

In reply to Chris Chambers | 03/24/19 06:50pm

Hey Chris,

I'm not hiding my name. I have the same statistics: hundreds or even more than a thousand installed Hik cameras and less than 1% failure rate. The software (I mean both, the FW's and tools) is not the best, UI/UX is a disaster. But it's Chinese made, so I'm not surprised.

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Chris Chambers

In reply to Dennis Ruban | 03/24/19 07:01pm

We agree on the software.  I sent one model back because enabling "smart events" caused horrible video freezes and even ghosting, and Hik's tech support had no clue.

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Guilherme Barandas

In reply to Rafael Oneda | 07/26/19 12:18am

Hanwha and Vivotek last as long as an Axis.

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Ethan Ace

IPVM | In reply to Rafael Oneda | 09/24/18 07:01pm

We have a recent test of on board analytics including most of these manufacturers.

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Chris Chambers

In reply to Rafael Oneda | 03/24/19 06:25pm

This is a very helpful review, but this is a general suggestion I have as well.  Perhaps more of a "Tom's Hardware Guide" style, where pretty much every performance aspect of a device is covered.

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Sergey Bystrov

NetworkOptix
09/25/18 02:51am

It's been a few times I read similar articles here.. Shame on me, but what's is camera side VMD? I guess, but not sure... 

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #4

In reply to Sergey Bystrov | 09/26/18 02:04pm

Camera side video motion detection. If vms supports receiving camera motion and then start recording or event trigger. 

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John Bazyk

Command Corporation
IPVMU Certified | In reply to Undisclosed Manufacturer #4 | 09/26/18 02:38pm

I think Sergey might be kidding...

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Vincent Tong

In reply to John Bazyk | 09/26/18 03:33pm

Yes since NX uses their efficient way of server side on the secondary stream so no need for camera side, unless it's an arecont camera

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Shay Fogel

In reply to Vincent Tong | 09/26/18 05:48pm

Is it their default method or the only one?

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John Bazyk

Command Corporation
IPVMU Certified | In reply to Shay Fogel | 09/26/18 05:55pm

It's not the "only one" but it is the best one. NX indexes the video in such a way that it's better to use server-side motion vs camera side. 

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Undisclosed Integrator #5

In reply to John Bazyk | 09/26/18 07:20pm

And now you can build a failover server using a Raspberry Pi. New designs are possible.

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Undisclosed Integrator #7

In reply to John Bazyk | 10/25/18 05:50pm

The trade off doing server side motion is usually server side resources going up. Unless you can show a server side motion method that has absolutely no impact on server resources, there's always a benefit to doing camera side VMD vs. server side provided it still gets the job done.

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John Bazyk

Command Corporation
IPVMU Certified | In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #7 | 10/25/18 06:08pm

The method is NX Witness. I have systems with 16 cameras running off a server with a dual core processor using server side motion with almost no impact on server resources. We have much larger systems as well but the really weak processor is a great example. 

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Chris Chambers

In reply to John Bazyk | 03/24/19 06:42pm

The miracles of well written software.  Can you share your FPS and typical bitrates?

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Undisclosed Integrator #5

In reply to Undisclosed Manufacturer #4 | 09/26/18 07:19pm

The NetOpx/DW motion detection is so much better then physically configuring edge motion triggers. However, I believe that camera VMD is coming in the future according to their sales team.

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Ethan Ace

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #5 | 09/26/18 07:34pm

Camera VMD is supported, just on a limited number of manufacturers. It's listed under "Video Analytics" in rules for supported cameras. Right now, I believe it's Axis, Hanwha, Hikvision, and a few others.

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John Honovich

IPVM | 09/27/18 01:55pm

So evidently this test has upset a few Axis proponents, from FB comments:

Sigh...

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John Bazyk

Command Corporation
IPVMU Certified | In reply to John Honovich | 09/27/18 01:59pm

Facebook is awesome. 

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to John Honovich | 09/27/18 02:06pm

And now Sean Nelson is sort of defending IPVM:

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Sean Nelson

Nelly's Security
In reply to John Honovich | 09/27/18 02:09pm

I got your back!

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Undisclosed Integrator #1

In reply to Sean Nelson | 09/28/18 07:47pm

Sean having John's back :)

 

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Undisclosed Integrator #6

In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #1 | 10/01/18 07:52am

That's not fair on Sean...

 

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Undisclosed Integrator #1

In reply to John Honovich | 09/28/18 07:45pm

I am an avid user of Axis, and a fan of their products.  But this blind kind of loyalty is ridiculous.  I would use this test to challenge Axis, saying "hey, you missed on this one".  Asking them to do better, as that is what we expect from Axis.  And I will avoid using this product until they can do better.

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #1 | 09/28/18 10:53pm

I would use this test to challenge Axis, saying "hey, you missed on this one".

Axis is quite good about things like this, they focus on making things better rather than attacking the character of the company doing the test. The whole Hikvision 'fell into the hands' type excuse is the opposite of Axis culture.

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Robert Shih

Independent
10/02/18 05:30pm

Yikes on Dahua's WDR performance! What's happened there?

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #8

03/25/19 12:21am

I really love when people reject test results for no other reason than the results themselves.

Reminds me of DC today..............

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