Description
Hikvision DS-7608NXI-I2/8P/VPro 8-Channel I/VPro Series NVR with AcuSeek – 8 PoE, Guanlan AI & AcuSearch
The Hikvision DS-7608NXI-I2/8P/VPro is an advanced 8-channel I/VPro Series Network Video Recorder with AcuSeek, combining professional IP CCTV recording with Hikvision's latest AI-powered video search technology.
Powered by Hikvision Guanlan Large-Scale AI Models, the VPro platform introduces intelligent AcuSeek natural-language video search, allowing users to describe what they are looking for using everyday language and rapidly locate matching recorded events when used with compatible cameras.
The recorder also supports full-channel AcuSearch with compatible AcuSense cameras, facial recognition, perimeter protection, Motion Detection 2.0, ANPR and other camera-side intelligent analytics, making it an excellent NVR for advanced residential, retail, commercial and professional security installations.
With 8 IP camera channels, 8 built-in PoE interfaces, up to 96Mbps incoming bandwidth, support for recording resolutions up to 32MP, powerful multi-channel decoding and dual HDD storage, the DS-7608NXI-I2/8P/VPro provides a substantial step up from conventional 8-channel NVR platforms.
Key Features
- 8-Channel IP Network Video Recorder
- 8 × Built-In PoE Camera Ports
- Hikvision I/VPro Series
- AcuSeek AI Video Search
- AcuSearch Intelligent Target Search
- Powered by Guanlan Large-Scale AI Models
- Up to 8-Channel AcuSeek
- Up to 8-Channel AcuSearch
- Natural-Language Video Search
- Up to 8-Channel Face Picture Comparison
- Facial Recognition
- Perimeter Protection
- Motion Detection 2.0
- Video Structuralisation with Compatible Cameras
- ANPR Support with Compatible Cameras
- People Counting with Compatible Cameras
- Up to 32MP Recording Resolution
- 96Mbps Incoming Bandwidth
- 256Mbps Outgoing Bandwidth
- Powerful Multi-Channel Decoding
- H.265+ Video Compression
- 4K HDMI Output
- Independent HDMI & VGA Outputs
- Dual-Stream Recording
- 2 × SATA HDD Interfaces
- Up to 20TB Per HDD
- Up to 40TB Potential Internal Storage
- Up to 8 IP Speakers Supported
- Gigabit Network Interface
- Remote Viewing & Playback
- Hik-Connect Support
- Professional AI-Powered CCTV Recording
AcuSeek – Search Recorded Video Using Natural Language
One of the most important features of the DS-7608NXI-I2/8P/VPro is Hikvision AcuSeek.
Traditional CCTV investigation often requires users to manually select cameras, choose time periods and review large amounts of recorded footage.
AcuSeek is designed to make this process significantly more intuitive.
Instead of manually searching through hours of footage, users can describe the target or event they want to locate using natural language.
For example, searches can be based around descriptions such as:
- Person Wearing Specific Clothing
- Person Carrying an Object
- Vehicle with Specific Characteristics
- Person Entering a Particular Area
- Other Describable Recorded Targets
The system uses AI-powered text-image understanding to identify video targets that correspond with the search description.
This can dramatically improve the efficiency of CCTV investigation.
Powered by Hikvision Guanlan Large-Scale AI Models
The VPro platform is powered by:
Hikvision Guanlan Large-Scale AI Models
These advanced AI models are designed to provide cross-modal understanding between:
Text + Video Images
This allows the recorder to understand descriptive search requests and compare them against recorded video targets.
Rather than relying exclusively on traditional predefined metadata filters, AcuSeek introduces a more intuitive way to investigate recorded CCTV footage.
Up to 8-Channel AcuSeek
The DS-7608NXI-I2/8P/VPro supports:
Up to 8 Channels of AcuSeek
when used with compatible Hikvision AcuSense cameras and the required supported functions are enabled.
This means AcuSeek can be used across the complete eight-camera capacity of the recorder in a compatible system.
The platform is capable of modelling large volumes of targets each day, making it suitable for installations where rapid investigation of recorded events is important.
AcuSeek Search Languages
AcuSeek supports multiple natural-language search languages, including:
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish
- Portuguese
- Polish
- Dutch
- Russian
- Arabic
- Turkish
- Japanese
- Korean
- Vietnamese
- Indonesian
- Traditional Chinese
- And additional supported languages
This makes AcuSeek suitable for a wide range of professional applications.
AcuSearch Intelligent Target Search
In addition to AcuSeek, the recorder supports:
Hikvision AcuSearch
AcuSearch is designed to rapidly locate matching human and vehicle targets throughout recorded footage when used with compatible Hikvision AcuSense cameras.
For example, after identifying a person or vehicle of interest, AcuSearch can help locate appearances of the same target across recorded video.
This can significantly reduce the time required to investigate:
- Trespassing
- Theft
- Suspicious Activity
- Vehicle Incidents
- Unauthorised Access
- Property Damage
- Security Events
AcuSeek vs AcuSearch
Although both technologies improve video investigation, they serve different purposes.
AcuSeek
Allows the user to search using a natural-language description of the target or event.
AcuSearch
Allows the user to select an identified target and rapidly search recorded footage for matching appearances.
Together, AcuSeek and AcuSearch provide a powerful CCTV investigation platform.
Dual AI Engines
The DS-7608NXI-I2/8P/VPro incorporates dedicated intelligent processing engines.
The VPro architecture uses separate AI processing resources for functions including:
- Face Picture Processing
- AcuSearch
- AcuSeek
This provides the processing capability required for advanced AI-assisted video investigation.
Advanced AI Analytics
Depending on the connected camera and configuration, the recorder supports intelligent analytics including:
- AcuSeek
- AcuSearch
- Facial Recognition
- Perimeter Protection
- Motion Detection 2.0
- Video Structuralisation
- ANPR
- People Counting
Some functions are generated by the NVR, while others require compatible camera-side intelligence.
Feature availability therefore depends on the connected camera models, firmware and system configuration.
Facial Recognition
The recorder supports advanced facial recognition functionality.
Supported functions include:
- Face Picture Comparison
- Human Face Capture
- Face Picture Search
The recorder can support:
Up to 8 Channels of Face Picture Comparison
with compatible camera configurations.
Face Picture Libraries
The NVR supports the creation of multiple face picture libraries for facial recognition applications.
This allows recognised faces to be organised according to the requirements of the installation.
Potential applications include:
- Controlled Facilities
- Commercial Buildings
- Offices
- Warehouses
- Retail Environments
- Restricted Areas
Facial recognition functionality must be used in accordance with applicable privacy and surveillance requirements.
Perimeter Protection
The VPro platform supports intelligent perimeter protection.
Compatible cameras can identify targets such as:
- Humans
- Vehicles
and apply intelligent analysis to events including:
- Line Crossing
- Intrusion
- Restricted Area Activity
This helps security systems focus on relevant targets rather than general environmental movement.
Motion Detection 2.0
Motion Detection 2.0 provides intelligent human and vehicle classification for supported motion events.
Compared with conventional pixel-based motion detection, this can help reduce unnecessary events generated by:
- Trees
- Leaves
- Rain
- Shadows
- Animals
- Changing Lighting
- Other Environmental Movement
ANPR Support
When connected to compatible Hikvision ANPR cameras, the recorder supports advanced vehicle information.
Supported camera-generated information can include:
- Number Plate
- Number Plate Colour
- Number Plate Type
- Vehicle Brand
- Vehicle Colour
- Vehicle Type
This makes the NVR suitable for compatible vehicle monitoring applications.
8 IP Camera Channels
The DS-7608NXI-I2/8P/VPro supports:
8 × IP Camera Inputs
making it suitable for CCTV installations requiring up to eight network cameras.
Compatible cameras can include selected:
- Hikvision AcuSense Cameras
- Hikvision ColorVu Cameras
- Hikvision ColorVu 3.0 Cameras
- Hikvision DeepinView Cameras
- Hikvision ANPR Cameras
- Standard Hikvision IP Cameras
- Compatible Third-Party IP Cameras
Advanced AI functionality depends on camera compatibility.
8 Built-In PoE Camera Ports
The /8P version incorporates:
8 × Built-In PoE Interfaces
allowing compatible PoE cameras to connect directly to the recorder.
PoE – Power over Ethernet – carries both network data and electrical power over a compatible Ethernet cable.
This reduces the requirement for:
- Separate Camera Power Supplies
- Individual PoE Injectors
- Additional Camera Power Cabling
The NVR therefore provides a central connection and recording point for an eight-camera IP surveillance system.
Plug-and-Play Camera Installation
Compatible Hikvision PoE cameras can connect directly to the recorder's PoE interfaces.
This simplifies professional installation and network configuration compared with systems requiring separate external PoE switches.
A typical installation uses:
Camera → Cat5e/Cat6 → NVR PoE Port
for each connected camera.
Up to 32MP Recording Resolution
The DS-7608NXI-I2/8P/VPro supports a wide range of recording resolutions up to:
32 Megapixels
Supported recording resolutions include:
- 32MP
- 24MP
- 12MP
- 8MP
- 7MP
- 6MP
- 5MP
- 4MP
- 3MP
- 1080p
- Lower Supported Resolutions
This provides substantial flexibility when combining different Hikvision camera resolutions within the same system.
96Mbps Incoming Bandwidth
The recorder provides up to:
96Mbps Incoming Bandwidth
This bandwidth is shared across the connected IP camera streams.
Camera configuration should therefore consider:
- Number of Cameras
- Resolution
- Frame Rate
- Video Bit Rate
- Audio
- Compression
- Intelligent Functions
256Mbps Outgoing Bandwidth
The recorder provides up to:
256Mbps Outgoing Bandwidth
supporting demanding local and remote video applications.
Powerful Decoding Capability
The VPro platform provides powerful multi-channel decoding capability.
Supported configurations include up to:
- 2 × 32MP
- 8 × 8MP
- 16 × 4MP
- 32 × 1080p
depending on stream configuration.
This provides excellent local display and playback capability for high-resolution CCTV systems.
H.265+ Video Compression
The recorder supports:
- H.265+
- H.265
- H.264+
- H.264
Efficient H.265+ compression can help reduce HDD storage and network bandwidth requirements compared with older compression technologies.
Actual savings depend on:
- Scene Activity
- Camera Resolution
- Frame Rate
- Bit Rate
- Recording Configuration
Dual-Stream Recording
The DS-7608NXI-I2/8P/VPro supports:
Dual-Stream Recording
allowing systems to use different video streams according to recording, playback and remote-viewing requirements.
This can improve bandwidth efficiency and remote-access performance.
4K HDMI Output
The recorder provides HDMI output supporting up to:
3840 × 2160 / 4K
for connection to compatible high-resolution monitors and televisions.
This provides detailed local viewing for:
- Live Surveillance
- Multi-Camera Display
- Recorded Playback
- Video Investigation
- NVR Configuration
Independent HDMI & VGA Outputs
The recorder supports:
Independent HDMI and VGA Video Output
providing greater flexibility when configuring local monitoring displays.
Multi-Channel Playback
The recorder supports powerful synchronous playback capabilities for reviewing footage from multiple cameras.
This is particularly valuable when investigating an incident that moves through different surveillance areas.
Dual HDD Storage
The DS-7608NXI-I2/8P/VPro provides:
2 × SATA HDD Interfaces
allowing two surveillance hard drives to be installed.
Dual HDD capability provides substantially greater recording capacity than single-drive NVRs.
Up to 20TB Per HDD
Current VPro specifications support:
Up to 20TB Per HDD
With two compatible 20TB surveillance hard drives installed, the recorder can provide a potential internal storage capacity of:
Up to 40TB
Actual supported capacity depends on compatible HDD models and current firmware.
Flexible HDD Selection
The appropriate surveillance HDD capacity depends on:
- Number of Cameras
- Camera Resolution
- Frame Rate
- Video Bit Rate
- Audio Recording
- H.265+ Compression
- Continuous or Event Recording
- Required Retention Period
For professional CCTV installations, surveillance-rated HDDs are recommended.
Up to 8 IP Speakers
The NVR supports connection of:
Up to 8 Compatible IP Speakers
This allows supported systems to incorporate network audio devices for security applications.
Potential applications include:
- Security Warnings
- Remote Audio
- Site Announcements
- Event-Linked Audio
- Perimeter Security
Gigabit Ethernet
The recorder provides a:
10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet Interface
for connection to the local network.
This supports:
- Remote Viewing
- Hik-Connect
- Network Management
- Camera Integration
- Remote Playback
- System Configuration
Remote Viewing with Hik-Connect
When connected to the internet and correctly configured, the recorder supports Hikvision remote-access functionality.
Compatible remote features can include:
- Live Camera Viewing
- Recorded Playback
- Event Notifications
- Multi-Camera Viewing
- Remote CCTV Monitoring
- System Management
This provides convenient access to the CCTV system from compatible mobile devices.
Ideal for Professional CCTV Systems
The DS-7608NXI-I2/8P/VPro is particularly suitable where advanced video investigation is important.
Typical applications include:
- Large Residential Properties
- Retail Stores
- Offices
- Warehouses
- Workshops
- Commercial Buildings
- Car Parks
- Schools
- Storage Facilities
- Industrial Sites
- Building Perimeters
- High-Security Areas
Why Choose VPro with AcuSeek?
Traditional NVRs primarily record and store video.
The VPro platform goes significantly further by using AI to make recorded footage easier to investigate.
The combination of:
AcuSeek + AcuSearch + Guanlan AI + Advanced Camera Analytics
provides a much more intelligent approach to CCTV investigation.
Instead of manually reviewing long periods of footage, security operators can use AI-assisted tools to locate relevant people, vehicles and events more efficiently.
Main Specifications
- Model: DS-7608NXI-I2/8P/VPro
- Series: Hikvision I/VPro Series
- Product Type: AcuSeek Network Video Recorder
- IP Camera Inputs: 8
- PoE Camera Interfaces: 8
- Maximum Recording Resolution: Up to 32MP
- Incoming Bandwidth: Up to 96Mbps
- Outgoing Bandwidth: Up to 256Mbps
- AI Platform: Hikvision Guanlan Large-Scale AI Models
- AcuSeek: Up to 8 Channels with Compatible Cameras
- AcuSearch: Up to 8 Channels with Compatible Cameras
- Face Picture Comparison: Up to 8 Channels
- Face Picture Libraries: Up to 16
- Maximum Face Pictures: Up to 50,000
- Perimeter Protection: Supported
- Motion Detection 2.0: Supported
- Video Structuralisation: Supported with Compatible Cameras
- ANPR: Supported with Compatible Cameras
- People Counting: Supported with Compatible Cameras
- Decoding: Up to 2 × 32MP / 8 × 8MP / 16 × 4MP / 32 × 1080p
- Video Compression: H.265+ / H.265 / H.264+ / H.264
- Dual-Stream Recording: Supported
- HDMI Output: Up to 4K
- VGA Output: Supported
- HDMI/VGA: Independent Output
- Audio Output: 1 × RCA
- Two-Way Audio: 1 × RCA
- IP Speakers: Up to 8
- SATA Interfaces: 2
- Maximum HDD Capacity: Up to 20TB Per HDD
- Maximum Potential Internal Storage: Up to 40TB
- Network Interface: Gigabit Ethernet
- Remote Viewing: Supported
- Hik-Connect: Supported
- Application: Professional AI-Powered IP CCTV Recording
Ideal For
- Hikvision AcuSense CCTV Systems
- Hikvision ColorVu CCTV Systems
- Advanced AI CCTV Installations
- Residential Security
- Retail CCTV
- Commercial CCTV
- Warehouse Surveillance
- Office Security
- Industrial Surveillance
- Car Parks
- Schools
- Building Perimeters
- Eight-Camera CCTV Systems
- AI Video Investigation
- AcuSeek Video Search
- AcuSearch CCTV Systems
- Professional Security Installations
Benefits
- Hikvision's advanced VPro NVR platform
- Guanlan Large-Scale AI Models
- Natural-language AcuSeek video search
- Full-channel AcuSeek with compatible cameras
- Full-channel AcuSearch with compatible cameras
- Advanced facial recognition
- Perimeter protection
- Motion Detection 2.0
- ANPR compatibility
- People-counting compatibility
- Eight IP camera channels
- Eight built-in PoE interfaces
- Up to 32MP recording
- 96Mbps incoming bandwidth
- 256Mbps outgoing bandwidth
- Powerful high-resolution decoding
- H.265+ compression
- 4K HDMI output
- Independent HDMI and VGA
- Dual HDD storage
- Up to 20TB per HDD
- Up to 40TB potential internal storage
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Up to eight IP speakers
- Hik-Connect remote access
- Professional AI-assisted video investigation
The Hikvision DS-7608NXI-I2/8P/VPro 8-Channel I/VPro Series NVR with AcuSeek is designed for CCTV installations where simply recording video is no longer enough.
Powered by Hikvision Guanlan Large-Scale AI Models, the recorder combines AcuSeek natural-language search, AcuSearch intelligent target retrieval, advanced camera analytics, 8 PoE camera interfaces, up to 32MP recording, powerful decoding and dual-HDD storage in a professional eight-channel surveillance platform.
For customers using compatible Hikvision AcuSense cameras, the ability to rapidly search large amounts of recorded footage using intelligent search tools makes the VPro platform particularly valuable for residential, retail, commercial and professional security applications.