[deleted] Depending on the clarity of the 'original' file, I think you could. If for example skin texture looked super sharp in the 'original', sharpness was less pronounced in the compressed file. On the other hand, there are many 'original files' in which skin texture seems already unsharp, so in those videos the difference didn't matter that much. Moreover, some studios already provide original files that are fairly compressed with a bitrate of 50 Mbps. After the SLR treatment and another round of compression, the streaming files will have only 22 Mbps, and for sure this makes a difference.
Talking about skin texture sharpness: Alex Mack isn't getting a lot of love around here, but some of his latest SLRO productions have the most superior image quality among all SLRO, at least for my weary eyes (e.g. the scenes with Aubree Valentine, Danielle Renae, Chloe Amour/Sisi Rose).
