Dahua 4K Turret Tested Vs Hikvision (N84BG44 )
By: John Scanlan, Published on Aug 02, 2017
Dahua has released their latest low cost 4K model, the N84BG44, claiming Smart H.265+ and 50m IR range. We bought and tested this new model against Hikvision's recent 
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