Video Apps - What to use?

I'd like to set up a couple of family members (including myself) with video conferencing. So we can communicate with each other visually whenever we like. I have a MBP and iChat; another family will also soon have a MBP. I'm new to this process. Tell me if I'm getting this straight - iChat, also has video, not just audio. I need to setup an account with either .Mac, AIM, Jabber or GoogleTalk. Will all four of these "providers," provide video capabilites?
.Mac costs money
AIM is AOL, which I don't go near anything with the AOL logo on it. (That's another story why).
Jabber is open source - free? But I need to use another IM client other than iChat?
GoogleTalk would be fine, though no mention of video... just IM and audio.
Let's start with the above... is there a web site that explains the choices? Apple obviously wants to steer me into .Mac, so I can't find any info to my above questions on the Apple site.
Thanks for any help!
Bud

Hello Bud (Buddy Awreetus) 
Here follows my best understanding of your queries. All my comments apply to Mac to Mac connections.
Tell me if I'm getting this straight - iChat, also has video, not just audio.
(1) Yes. If you meet the minimum system requirements for the kind of chat you want to do, Leopard's iChat 4 can do everything described here.
I need to setup an account with either .Mac, AIM, Jabber or GoogleTalk.
(2) You really need at least one of the first three to use iChat. 
(2,1) For Macs, Google Talk can actually offer text chat without using iChat via GMail's text chat capability. Therefore, there is no separate need for Google Talk if you have GMail.
(2.2) A GMail account name can let you use Google Talk to make your Jabber connection for iChat.
Will all four of these "providers," provide video capabilites?
(3) No, only three can give an unqualified "yes.". The GMail text chat described in (2.1) above is the exception. It provides text chat capability only.
.Mac costs money
(4) Yes, that is true. However, you can get a Free dot Mac Trial that works even after the free trial period expires if you decide not to pay for dot Mac. The other dot Mac features will stop working, but nobody ever must pay for any name in order to use iChat.
(4.1) The only iChat feature I know that does not work with the free dot Mac trial account name is secure (encrypted) chatting. If you really need secure communications, the dot Mac account fees may seem reasonable to you.
AIM is AOL,
(5) Yes,however, you do not need to use AOL to use an AIM name. You can get a FREE AIM Name here. You can just close the browser page after you are notified that the AIM name is being emailed to you. You need not download AIM software or install anything on your Mac. Your AIM name will come to you via email. Merely enter it into iChat setup and share it with your contacts so they can contact you.
(5.1) Either a free AIM Name or a free .Mac name will work equally well, so use whichever you like. (Because each party to a chat must have a unique name, my wife and I both signed up for names so we can iChat when one of us is traveling.)
Jabber is open source - free?
(6) Yes.
But I need to use another IM client other than iChat?
(7) No, you do not need to, although you could if you wanted. I suggest that you stay with the simplicity and system integration of iChat unless you have compelling reasons.
(7.1) In addition to dot Mac and AIM names, I use a my GMail account name for a Google Talk Jabber connection with iChat as an alternate connection method for the occasions when the AIM server (for AIM or dot Mac names) may be experiencing problems.
GoogleTalk would be fine, though no mention of video... just IM and audio.
(8) Google Talk's Jabber connection allows text, audio, and video between all Mac users who meet iChat's System Requirements for the desired kind of chat, have a Jabber account name (I think GMail is easiest), and have configured their Jabber connections.
is there a web site that explains the choices?
(9) For basics, start with Mac 101: iChat.
Apple's iChat Support Page is a good intermediate resource.
Ralph Johns' site, Help with Apple's iChat , explains everything.
.Mac, ... I can't find any info to my above questions on the Apple site.
(10) For .Mac help, see Apple's .Mac Support page and .Mac Help.
If you need clarification or expansion on any of the responses above, please key your needs to the item numbers I have used.
Please let me know if I missed anything you need before you can mark your topic "Answered."
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.11) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5.2)  External iSight

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