Hikvision Door Station Tested

Author: Ethan Ace, Published on Nov 30, 2017

Hikvision has entered the video intercom market, aiming to bring the race to the bottom to a whole new audience.

To see how it stacks up, we bought and tested their vandal resistant door station, the DS-KB8112-IM, to see how it compared to the Axis A8105-E from Axis, testing:

  • Full light image quality
  • Low light image quality
  • WDR performance
  • Audio quality
  • VMS integration
  • Mobile app integration
  • Installation issues

See our full results inside.

Interested readers should see our past tests of other door station models, including:

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Comments (18)

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Brandon Knutson

11/30/17 05:27pm

* ******** ******. **** *** *** ***** **** **** * fail.

Undisclosed Integrator #1

11/30/17 07:22pm

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Campbell Chang

12/01/17 06:23am

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Campbell Chang | 12/01/17 12:30pm

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Dennis Ruban

12/03/17 06:37am

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Undisclosed Integrator #1

In reply to Dennis Ruban | 12/03/17 04:40pm

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Fabian Muyawa

IPVMU Certified | 12/03/17 03:57pm

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Undisclosed Integrator #2

12/04/17 01:34am

***** **** ** ***** **** ** * ********** ** **'* doorstations. *** ******** ** *** **** ********.

Undisclosed Integrator #4

In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #2 | 12/04/17 01:54pm

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Undisclosed Integrator #2

In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #4 | 12/04/17 03:07pm

**** ***** **** * ******* **** *** ****** ** ***********. Axis *** *** ****** ** ** ******* **** *** **** name ***, ** ***** ** ***** ** *** ** * separate ******** *** ***** ***** * *********** ****** ** ******* under *** ** ****. ** ***** ***** ** *** **** manufacturer ***, * ***** *** **** ** *** **** ******** and ******** ********.

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Brandon Knutson

In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #2 | 12/04/17 03:52pm

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** ***** ** ***** ***** ** **** ****** ** ***** door ***** ** *** ** ****** ***** * **** **** badly **** **** ***.

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Undisclosed Distributor #3

12/04/17 08:37am

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Ethan Ace

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Distributor #3 | 12/04/17 02:36pm

***, * ***** ***** ** **** *** ***** *** ******* it *** *** ** **** ****a *** like it.

Undisclosed Integrator #2

In reply to Ethan Ace | 12/04/17 03:13pm

***** *** ******* *** ******** *** *******, ***** **** *** re-branding *** ******* **** *** **** ************ **** ****** **** their ******** ****. ** ***** *** ****** ***'* **** ** Hikvision ** ***, *** ****'** **-******** *** ******, ** ***** Beward *** *** *** **-******** **** *** **** *** ***** manufacturer.

** ********* *****'* **** *** ******, ***** ****'* *** *** didn't **** *** ********.

Undisclosed Integrator #4

12/04/17 01:21pm

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Ethan Ace

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #4 | 12/04/17 02:38pm

** ** ***** *** **** ******, ** *** ***** ****** *********** ** *** *** *******, *** *** ** ******* ** Brian's **** *********** ****** *******. *** ** *** ***** *** ** ******** *****, **** none **** ** *** ***** ** ***.

Gerald Spradlin

12/06/17 12:51am

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thomas worthington

ESRM Communications, LLC | In reply to Gerald Spradlin | 04/09/18 12:07am

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