For the home or small business, installing PTZ Video Conference Camera should be a Do-it-Yourself project. You can save a lot of money and earn a wealth of knowledge about your system, if you install it yourself. These systems today are basically place and plug-in systems. They run off of standard 115 volt electricity from a standard wall plug. For Internet capability, all you need is a standard modem to plug into.
Almost all video surveillance system cameras today have 15 frames per second (fps) or more. You can get by with 7 to 8 fps, for home security use, but you get a really clear picture at 15 fps. Casinos and the police use cameras that have 30 fps, so that they can see extreme detail, especially when enlarging a frame for recognition or detail. You really don't want to over buy your equipment and spend too much money. A pan, tilt and zoom camera (PTZ camera) or High Speed PTZ Cameras can record at a high frame rate, but can cost $1,200 to $1,700 per camera. These are usually used outdoors on a building where lighting may not be controlled and being able to read a license plate may be the objective.