Hikvision ColorVu vs Infrared CCTV: 4K Night Vision & DORI Admissibility Guide (2026)
UK Security Engineering Masterclass Hikvision ColorVu vs Infrared CCTV: 4K Night Vision & DORI Admissibility Guide Author: Gary Pearce | Lead Infrastructure Engineer, ADI Communications | Direct: 07860 244 274 ★ 9.98 / 10 Rating • £10M Public Liability ▶ Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): Field Optical Reality In commercial UK surveillance deployments, 83% of night-time CCTV failures occur not from low sensor resolution, but from infrared saturation and inadequate pixel density. Standard infrared (IR) cameras render human faces completely white ("ghost faces") within 3 metres due to reflectance bounce-back, whilst stripping colour clothing evidence required by UK police forces. Hikvision ColorVu full-colour night technology solves this by utilising an ultra-wide F1.0 super-aperture sensor and warm supplemental white light, delivering court-admissible f...
