I did as you said and wala 12500kbps bitrate! I even created a slideshow and went through the same and it came out as expected. I really thank you for helping me out. PD is a good product but they really need to fix 2 major flaws:
1. The estimation size of create disc projects
2. Allow custom bitrate on create disc
Next on to see if I can actually create an entire project with everything correct.
Thanks again!

Jeff