Khz & Mbps

[woecarlson]

Hi all,

I'm trying to figure out a little bit about some of the audio lingo used on my AVR and HD equipment.

I have two questions...one about Khz and one about mbps.

1) My Blu-ray player puts out everything (DVD, BR) at 48 khz (according to the Onkyo RC-180 display) and the HD-DVD player outputs HD-DVD audio at 96 Khz and DVD audio at 48 khz. Is there any advantage or disadvantage to one or the other? I was a bit surprised to see DTS HD-MA soundtracks on the BR player at 48 Khz and DD+ soundtracks on the HD-DVD at 96 khz...unless the khz has absolutely nothing to do with quality.

2) Is there any way to see what the Mbps I'm getting on the different soundtracks? Again, our AVR is an Onkyo RC-180, the BR is a Sony and the HD-DVD is an A30. Reason I ask is I see in the different online reviews comparisons in the DD+ soundtracks between different mbps ratings (also DD+ compared to TrueHD, etc.)

Thanks in advance for any advice!