W540 720p Integrated HD Camera resolution

Hi folks
I'm loving my new W540, despite all the bad reviews... not sure what they're on about, but, the one thing that is getting me down apart from the battery life is that the webcam picture quality is RUBBISH. It is a brand new laptop with supposedly a '720p HD camera' which does not appear to be the full package. To make matters worse my friends with macbooks look super-clear over skype!  I've found similar issues on the Lenovo forum related to previous thinkpads but the solutions are not specific enough to solve it.
I've tried downloading the latest drivers... no change.
And, taking a photo with a camera app reveals that it's operating at 800x600 resolution.
Any suggestions or solutions would be much appreciated.

Can you tell me why you don't think its a good buy? Someone bought it that must have thought it was a good buy? You?!!!
I had a macbook pro, spilled an entire latte on it. Cannot afford to drop another 1500 on a new one. I understand the air is a great machine. And for someone that is hard on equipment (aside from liquid!) with no moving parts its a better option. This one is priced at $929 - good?
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 Originally released June 2013
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