It isnt that IP is very expensive, its just that analog is very cheap.
Somethig for consideration, I have been a member of ipvm for a few years now and most of the articles, comments, idealistic of the group are focused ( perhaps the articles that i find most compellig to read) on commercial sales. With that being said and as a resondant to the poll I indicated PRICE PRICE PRICE was a huge factor to selling IP cameras. However knowing the ipvm membership is made up of a varying group of people, integrators, dealers, resellers, distributers, manufacturers etc., I dont think the group captures the exploding market of residential use of installed video surveillance. I personally feel the IP growth numbers in our business however we dont sell to the resi market or provide a retail marketplace for such.
However bigger than all us combined, are the Costcos, BJ, Walmarts, and Amazons who are liquidating these import brand analog surveillance in box systems directly to the homeowner with simple installations and telephone tech support with typical if you dont like it take it down and send it back for a refund business models. So to some point the comments of Analog is flying off the shelfs may not be entirely incorrect.
We often get calls for installed systems for home owners with this false sense that they can get installed what they have seen online or in the store to something that they could keep within thier impulse buying habits.
So all the clarity, ease of deployment, better features, documented research, opinions, etc, isnt going to stop many of these resi buyers picking one up at the local depot instead of goingout for a night on the town, when there so cheap.