The IMX178 is better than the Hik, that's plain to see. I just recently had a theft in the neighborhood and was asked to provide evidence and unfortunately, the cam I was using was exactly 60 feet from the street the perps walked by. Also unfortunately, my camera visuals broke down at right around 50 feet as well and couldn't make a positive ID on the perps. Had the ir went out to say 75 feet, I would have had a pretty good piece of evidence to present.
The IR I was using was external (CM Vision IR130). The cam was Hik (Swann HD820). I bet if I would of had an IMX178 or greater in place, with the external IR, I may have gotten a good visual, but I don't know for certain.
So is that scene shot with only camera IR and no external IR like the IR130?
Curious.