Mark and I just tested the spdif output on this unit to the MT2496 set to "spdif" while playing a 2496 dvd-v disk..
The file, after about four minutes of recording, was checked and it read to be a 24/48 file.. So I guess it either downsampled spdif out, or the 2496 is whacked..
I'm with the downsampling scenerio. Thanks for hipping me to check this out..