High Quality vs. Small File Size / Shorter Upload Time and Latency

Alright, so, for a while now, I've been exporting my recorded gameplay in 1000 data rates, however, I used to do the maximum data rate of 9800, but I stopped because the file size was big, resulting in a long uploading time, which meant longer upload latency (lag).

In fact, this upload, which I exported with 9800 data rates, of my fourth walkthrough of Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits, uploaded on December 24, 2011, took from 12:10 AM PST until around 1:30 PM PST to go live.

[video=youtube;udemcChg1Vw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udemcChg1Vw[/video]

I can't remember if it was right after that, but I went all the way down to 1000 data rates, and I did notice a drop in quality, but I can't tell how much of a difference it is from 9800. For example, when there's a form of a flash from, say, a critical attack, there's also a weird gray flash.

As for sound, I don't think that's affected, but I could be wrong, so feel free to correct me if a difference in sound quality is noticed.

Here's a 10-minute video, using a clip from the final part of my fourth walkthrough of Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits, which I posted here yesterday. The first five minutes is 1000 exported data rates, and the last five minutes is the same clip, but with 9800 exported data rates.

If you guys can find the time to watch the whole video, I would really appreciate it if you could tell me if there's a noticeable difference. What I'm trying to find out is if it's worth having long upload latency for high quality.

Thanks in advance.

Here is the video:

[video=youtube;JoBkHfN7GRk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoBkHfN7GRk[/video]

 

Some input would really be appreciated.

Thanks, guys!