Dahua DHI-NVR4108HS-8P-AI/ANZ 8 Channel 4K AI NVR With 8 PoE Ports, WizSense Face Recognition, Up to 16MP Input (No HDD Included)

Eight cameras is where a bigger property starts to feel properly watched: the porch, the letterbox, the carport, the two side paths, the rear lawn, the garage and the shed. The Dahua NVR4108HS-8P-AI 8 channel NVR runs that layout from a single box beside the modem — one Cat6 cable out to each camera, the recordings on the drive you add to it, and the cameras on your phone through Dahua’s app.

In Dahua’s WizSense recorder line it is the eight-port partner of the four-channel DHI-NVR4104HS-P-AI/ANZ compared in the table below. The two carry the same recorder AI, so the choice comes down to camera count: the Dahua NVR4108HS-8P-AI 8 channel NVR adds four more PoE ports, more than three times the incoming bandwidth, a gigabit network port and an eight-way split screen. Planning five cameras or more? This is the one to buy.

Camera Power for Eight Positions

The Dahua NVR4108HS-8P-AI 8 channel NVR has eight built-in ports to IEEE 802.3af/at, sharing a 78 W budget with up to 25.5 W available on a single port. One Cat6 lead per camera carries both its video and its power, so no power point is needed up at the eaves or on the shed wall. Check each camera’s rated draw against that 78 W when you plan the layout.

Dahua NVR4108HS-8P-AI 8 Channel NVR — Recording Headroom for Eight Cameras

On the Dahua NVR4108HS-8P-AI 8 channel NVR, each channel accepts a camera up to 16MP, and the recorder handles 256 Mbps of incoming video, the same again for recording and outgoing streams, dropping to 180 Mbps when its own AI is switched on. For live display it decodes at 30 fps up to two 16MP cameras, four at 8MP or eight at 4MP with the AI off; with the AI on, that becomes one at 16MP, three at 8MP or eight at 1080p. Pick your camera resolutions with those figures in hand.

AI Detection on the Recorder Itself

Three AI functions run inside the Dahua NVR4108HS-8P-AI 8 channel NVR, in Dahua’s terms. SMD Plus re-checks motion on four channels and classes it as human or motor vehicle. Perimeter protection runs on two channels, each with up to 10 IVS rules — a tripwire across the driveway, a zone over the back lawn. At home, face detection and recognition runs on one channel, the front-door camera for example, checking against as many as 10 face databases and 20,000 face images. Pair it with Dahua cameras that run analytics of their own and you gain whichever of ANPR, people counting, heat maps, stereo analysis, SMD, perimeter protection and face recognition those cameras support, at the camera end.

A Split-Screen View for the Lounge or Office

The Dahua NVR4108HS-8P-AI 8 channel NVR sends HDMI at 3840 × 2160 to a 4K television in the lounge; VGA tops out at 1920 × 1080 for an older monitor on a desk. Split screen comes in 1, 4, 8 and 9-way layouts, so eight cameras share one screen, and playback runs on up to eight channels when you need to follow someone from the letterbox round to the laundry door.

Choosing a Hard Drive for Eight Cameras

Storage is your pick: no drive comes in the box, and one SATA slot accepts a surveillance drive of up to 20 TB (Dahua notes the maximum depends on operating temperature). Smart H.265+ shrinks each recording, which lets the Dahua NVR4108HS-8P-AI 8 channel NVR hold more days of footage on whichever drive you choose. Eight cameras fill a drive about twice as fast as four at the same settings, so size it to the number of days you want to look back.

Full specifications for the Dahua NVR4108HS-8P-AI 8 channel NVR, from Dahua’s current datasheet:

Who Buys an Eight-Camera Dahua Recorder

🏠 Homes with a garage, a shed and two side passages — cameras on the driveway, the garage door and both passages, the front-door channel set for face recognition against the faces of the family, and the clips on your phone

🏪 Mechanics, bike shops and hire counters — the counter, the workshop floor, the customer car park and the rear roller door on one recorder, with motion on four channels classed as people or vehicles

🏭 Farm sheds, storage units and fenced compounds — perimeter protection on two channels with lines along the fence or across the gate, and cameras on the far wall powered over their network cable

🏢 Strata car parks, bin rooms and office entries — the boom gate, the bin room, the lift lobby and the bike cage recorded on site for the committee

⚡ Electricians wiring a new build for cameras — one part number with the camera switch inside, a gigabit uplink to the router, ONVIF Profiles T, S and G for other brands, and genuine Australian stock

Choosing between this and the four-channel DHI-NVR4104HS-P-AI/ANZ? Both run the same recorder AI and take a drive up to 20 TB. The Dahua NVR4108HS-8P-AI 8 channel NVR earns its place once a fifth camera is on the plan, or when the gigabit port and 256 Mbps of bandwidth matter for higher-resolution cameras.

Dahua NVR4108HS-8P-AI 8 Channel NVR — Frequently Asked Questions

The Dahua NVR4108HS-8P-AI 8 channel NVR, sold as Authorised Australian Product, is part of the Dahua NVR range at Comms Direct, backed by Dahua’s manufacturer warranty, with orders packed in our Sydney and Melbourne warehouses. Which eight spots on your property get the first cameras?