I love the idea. I actually have many of the same for my own pool hall. I have been researching this for years and trying to determine the cost to undertake such a project. The servers, switches and hard drives needed to web cam just 20 tables is well over the $120,000 mark. I have discussed this with our IT guy and have gone over many options, but every option still gets us right around the same figure.
Servers are expensive and server rooms need to be at a constant temperature of about 62 degrees for optimum performance (so I've been told). This means I have to enclose it in a room with it's own climate control and backup generator. I didn't have my cams on a 1 hour loop. I had them on for the length of time the table was being used. I also would have the servers running other business related functions so my needs may be a above your own, but consider the above and talk to a professional. If you want to incorporate this service, you want it to work.
I started planning my pool hall about 20 years ago and it has just kept evolving in to the financial monster it is now. I could never afford to do it they way I see it now, but I'm hopeful.
I am actually starting to produce and sell my pro shop items before the pool hall exists in an attempt to build the capital I need.
It's tough now, but I agree that you have to bring the pool hall into this age to survive and the tech is where the cost is now.
