Webcam advice question
My wife has recently retired due to ill health and spends quite a lot of time on the phone to the kids so we are going to start using Skype to cut down on phone bills. They have also decided that they want to get webcams so they can see each other as well and I know nothing about this so I would appreciate any advice on the subject generally but there are a couple of questions that spring to mind after looking at some of the sales sites.
Firstly are all cameras compatible with Skype? Some are advertised as being 'Skype compatible' which implies that others aren't (but, of course, they won't mention this).
Secondly is there any band-width restriction on Skype? What I'm thinking is the larger the number of pixels the clearer the picture but this will take more bandwidth so there would be no point in buying a camera with lots of pixels if the extra data isn't transmitted. (Basically what would anyone recommend as a maximum).
Third is there any sort of recommendation for the sound part of the system - headset, incorpoated microphone/speakers or free-standing microphone/speakers (one point is I also intend to install Dragon voice recognition software, so would prefer it to be compatible with that).
As I say any advice appreciated.