want to know everybody's opinion about pan/tilt and scanner.
Are they good?

which one?

Id rather add more fixed cameras, but then if you can afford it, its cool to use a pan tilt like from Pelco for each fixed camera. I dont like their controllers though, but still they have some nice features instead of just a plain fixed camera. Zoom with Pan Tilt (PTZ) is even nicer though.

Manufacturer of pan/tilt

http://www.changan-motor.com/

Pan & Tilt or Scanners are very useful in certain situations, in support of fixed cameras.

Where they are used instead of fixed cameras, it's often a recipe for disaster.

I agree with you Rory, more often than not additional fixed cameras are preferable.

yep, the price of the scanner can buy you one or 2 extra cameras in some cases .. they have a lot of banks down here that use 1 camera for the entire bank, on a scanner!

Rory, I'd keep that one a bit hush hush .... security, if you get my drift ... :)

:D

Have a look at the new Ipix cameras. Ipix have a unique IP camera that enables you to view and record a 360 degree x 180 degree image, eliminating any blind spots that you would normaly encounter with a standard fixed camera.

Have a look at the web site www.ipixsecurity-uk.com

check this one out, uses standard BNC also..
http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=713