[rwhite692]

I did cams but only for security around the house and shop...no employees for me to monitor...I have the Panasonic BL-C131A webcams. Did a lot of reasearch on this before deciding to go w/the Panasonic units...The beauty of the Panasonic webcams is that they come with FREE web hosting forever from Panasonic, so that a static IP address where you have the cameras installed isn't needed. Most people with high speed connections (DSL or Cable) do not have a static IP address, so this is an important consideration.

I can pan/tilt/zoom each camera and get audio as well, all remotely. Pretty cool to be in Taiwan and check the cams and "oh, look at that, the UPS guy is in my driveway..." Each camera becomes much more versatile when you can pan/tilt/zoom it remotely, so you don't need as many cameras.... In addition I have some of the cams set up with the motion detection on and as soon as they sense motion they start sending emails to me with photos...so even if a theif, etc was to smash the camera, it's too late, the pics are already in hand. (Of course you would need to be fortunate enough to catch recognizable faces, etc...)

I have been through the experiment with the "X10" type cameras, while they may work for some folks, IMHO there are several reasons why they are as cheap as they are.