Yes, that was my impression as well. The two axis cameras I worked with seemed to make matters worse through really long exposure times in low-light conditions. My feeling was that I'd rather see a dark image than one too blurry to recognize.
But back to my original question:
If you were installing a network-based system, how much overhead per camera could you realistically handle in order to use a video server + better quality CCTV cameras? Are products like that vitek video server AVCONSULTING still too expensive to be worthwhile?
I'm trying to write a proposal for network cameras for a class I'm taking, but I don't have a concept of what a typical per-camera cost is. As best as I can tell, its ~2000 for your choice of software DVR + capture board with 8 ports and then ~300 per camera to get something halfway-decent.
-Dan