HD camera for Skype?

[A Macbook Pro]

I use Skype to talk to people who *gasp* use PC's. Is the ''Facetime HD'' camera as they're calling it better quality for Skype video calls then the one that was used previously? Thanks

 

[colmaclean]

I wonder what kind of upload bandwidth you need to broadcast full quality HD as I can imagine Skype/Facetime compress your video and lose a lot of quality, thus negating the need for an HD camera at all.