Technical question - satellites and TVs

You can do very good quality over the internet with a high speed connection. Satellite time, not to mention, transmitting equipment, is going to be expensive. You might want to see about renting time from DirecTv or Dish Network. Still not cheap but much more so than building it yourself.

How do the dedicated videoconferencing systems work? Kubla, my understanding (you would know) is that the studios and networks use that technology to look at dailies and I assume the quality is excellent. Have you tried Googling the subject?

Talk to people like iDirect or Bell - if you need satelllite (about $500 a day plus you need the about 8K of gear at each end). Alterntively you can lease T1 links, I think they run about $350 to $500 a month in metro areas (1.544 Mb/s)

There are online companies that will let you do this. I also think x-10 has a set up for this where you watch your house via the internet from anywhere in the world.
www.x10.com/promotions/xx11a_ed_burglar.html