We recently shared a little hack to boost the resolution of Skype video calls on a Mac iSight camera and while that’s all well and good, it doesn’t help PC users. CyberNet News notes that there’s a Skype beta download that officially boosts your Skype video-call resolution from QVGA up to VGA. That’s 640 x 480 if you’re keeping track; you’ll need more bandwidth on the upload side since you’ll be sending four times the data for the higher quality picture. Skype recommends 380kbps up paired with a dual core CPU; check out the beta information and download directly at Skype.

While this is all nice, I shudder to think of the impacts. Hardly a day goes by that James and I don’t have a Skype video call to discuss the mobile tech world. Usually, we’re both pretty presentable, but the last call (shown) doesn’t really need to be in VGA, does it? Actually, even QVGA might have been too detailed of a res… then again, if there was any dispute that he’s the Hugh Hefner of Mobile Tech Manor, I think we can put it to rest. No?