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

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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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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

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

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Undisclosed Integrator #2

12/04/17 01:34am

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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

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Brandon Knutson

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

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12/04/17 08:37am

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Ethan Ace

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

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Undisclosed Integrator #2

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

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12/04/17 01:21pm

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Ethan Ace

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

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

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