{"product_id":"hikvision-ds-7108ni-q1-8p-m","title":"Hikvision DS-7108NI-Q1\/8P\/M 8-Channel PoE NVR","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe DS-7108NI-Q1\/8P\/M puts eight IP channels and eight PoE ports into the compact Q-series housing, and leaves one drive bay behind them. It is the largest system this small chassis will carry, and the tension in the model code is worth understanding before it goes on a quotation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead it left to right. 7108 is eight channels. Q1 is a single drive bay. \/8P is eight built-in PoE ports, so all eight cameras plug straight into the recorder and take their power from it. \/M is the compact housing. What the code does \u003cem\u003enot\u003c\/em\u003e contain is an X — this is the NI line, not NXI, and that matters as much as anything else here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhere it earns its place on a site\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts real virtue is the cabling. Eight cameras normally means a recorder plus a PoE switch, a second power supply, and somewhere to put both. This box removes all of that: eight cameras, eight ports, one mains lead. On a small shop, a workshop, a floor of offices or a villa where nobody wants a rack, that simplification is worth real money and removes a whole class of things that can be wired wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts weakness is the arithmetic behind it. Eight channels feeding one drive bay is the most unbalanced configuration in the Q series. The 4-channel DS-7104NI-Q1\/4P\/M puts half the load on the same single disk; this one puts all of it. \u003cstrong\u003eEight cameras will fill one disk roughly twice as fast as four will\u003c\/strong\u003e, and nothing on the box warns anyone. The recorder simply begins overwriting the oldest footage earlier than the client understood, and that surfaces months later in the one conversation the system existed for. If the client needs a long window across eight cameras, the honest answer is a two-bay recorder, not lighter settings agreed under pressure on the morning of the install.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second limit is classification. NI is the standard line; NXI is AcuSense, which sorts a moving object into person or vehicle and stays quiet for a cat or a shadow. This recorder does not do that. Where notifications are meant to be acted on, expect false alarms, expect them to be muted, and price an NXI recorder instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBefore you order — three things to confirm\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRetention, in days, in writing — before anything else.\u003c\/strong\u003e On this model it is the question that decides whether the box is right at all. Eight channels on one bay is a short window by design; get the number agreed rather than discovered.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe PoE budget against the actual cameras.\u003c\/strong\u003e Eight ports is a port count, not a wattage, and eight cameras is where a budget gets reached. Check the recorder's total PoE budget and each camera's draw on the datasheets before committing to power all eight from the box.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhether the client expects person and vehicle alerts.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is the NI line and does not classify. Settle it in the conversation, not in the handover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTechnical specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hikvision\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eType:\u003c\/strong\u003e network video recorder (NVR)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChannels:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 IP camera channels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBuilt-in PoE ports:\u003c\/strong\u003e eight, from the \/8P in the model code\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDrive bays:\u003c\/strong\u003e one, from the Q1 in the model code\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e NI — the standard line, not the NXI AcuSense line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHousing:\u003c\/strong\u003e \/M — the compact variant of the Q series\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEverything else\u003c\/strong\u003e — incoming bandwidth, total PoE power budget, maximum supported disk capacity, decoding capacity, power and dimension figures: full manufacturer datasheet available on request — call 16454\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCompatibility\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt belongs in a standard Hikvision system, managed through Hikvision's own desktop and mobile software. Check camera compatibility by model, and confirm the PoE budget from the datasheet before the camera list is fixed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat's in the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe recorder with the manufacturer's own supplied accessories and documentation. Do not assume a hard disk is included — name the drive on the order so commissioning is not held up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCommon questions on this model\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow long will eight cameras record for on one disk?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is no single answer, and anyone who gives you one has guessed. It depends on how many of the eight channels you actually use, the resolution and frame rate on each, and the codec. Send the camera list to 16454 and we will work it against the datasheet before you commit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShould I use all eight channels?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly if the retention window is genuinely short. Eight channels kept for days is a well-judged, economical system. Eight kept for a month is where a single bay stops being a saving and starts being a problem you inherit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenuine Hikvision with the official one-year manufacturer warranty and delivery across Egypt. Professional installation in Cairo \u0026amp; Giza, priced after a site assessment. Projects, wholesale and datasheet requests on hotline 16454.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hikvision","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46980356767905,"sku":"113003","price":6030.68,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/thespeedmarket.com\/products\/hikvision-ds-7108ni-q1-8p-m","provider":"The Speed Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}