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Yup, from the product description (i.e., 9-bit ADCs) I later surmised as well that it used SAA713x chips (although the absence of Philips markings makes me leery) instead of bt8xx chips.

Although you didn't get it working, how far did you get it (given that other 713x-based boards are supported)?

Check out this site:
http://www.geocities.com/idobartana/

Scroll down for links to a description of the reverse-engineering that was involved and sample code for controlling the Ninja Pan/Tilt (CR14A).

Have you looked at the vk77a from the folks at x10.com?
http://www.x10.com/cameras/vk77a_s_k_ps59.html

The manual for this PTZ colour camera says it has 22x optical zoom. It is priced below $500, but the PTZ function is through programmed settings or controlled by a camera remote.

A list of supported (recognized) BTTV devices can be found here: http://linuxtv.org/v4lwiki/index.php/Cardlist.BTTV If your card is not supported, you can create a custom card definition using BtSpy: http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/custom.html Disclaimer: I came here looking to see if anyone had one ...