Thanks for the reply, I decided to lower by bill and go with this one instead,
http://www.costco.ca/Lorex-4-channel-1080p-NVR-Surveillance-System-with-1TB-Hard-Drive-and-2-3MP-Bullet-Cameras--.product.100248641.html
I figured I'll just get a dome camera on its own, and couldn't justify a $400 jump just for the camera I wanted.
I just put it up today, and works wonderfully. Very clear, and I've set it up to the TV for live view.
You're right, it took me almost the whole day to run one cable from porch to the basement, then basement to back up to TV. Glad I have an unfinished basement, else I would've just scraped this whole project.
Now I just have to read some stuff, like is it setup to automatically record whenever it's on, and the day/night camera setting.