Question about BE and PE

Hi all.

ASSUMPTION: We are going to assume we are all genious and we could count card using any counting system without any problem!!

According to http://www.qfit.com/card-counting.htm, the best way to count for PE would be to use the Uston APC. The best way to count for BE would be UstonSS, reverse Point, or Wong Halves.
However, PE is particularly important in hand-held games (1-2 decks.), while BE is best for 6-8 decks. Well that's what they say.

QUESTION 1: I don't understand very well PE and BE. Could you explain what do they mean? The small definitions from http://www.qfit.com/card-counting.htm are too short.

QUESTION 2: How does BE and PE affects my betting? Please don't tell me that "the higher it is the more you should bet". I am more looking for actual numbers than anything else and which one should you use?

QUESTION 3: So we know that PE is for 1-2 decks, and BE is for 6-8 deck. How about 3-5 decks?

QUESTION 4: What is the best way to calculate the true count? Should you use the BE or PE to get the true count, since they are based from some counting systems or another system? If you pick another system, which one is the BEST?

Question 1: PE or playing efficiency is the count system's ability to inform you when it's most important to deviate from basic strategy. Basic strategy is the optimal playing decisions for each hand if you are not counting cards.

BE or betting efficiency (BC: betting correlation)is the count system's ability to tell when it's most important to increase or decrease your betting amount.

Question 2: PE and BE are only measurements of the count system's efficiency from a scale of 0.00 to 1.00. You wouldn't use these numbers for either betting or playing decisions. PE doesn't relate to your betting strategy.

Question 3: PE and BE are for all decks 1 through 8. It's just that PE tends to be slightly more important in 1 and 2 decks, while BE will be more important in shoe games. 3-5 deck games will probably act more like a shoe game (6 to 8 decks).

Question 4: Buy Knock Out Blackjack by Olaf Vancura and Ken Fuchs. It's probably the best inroductory book on card counting.

You have come a long way in a short time grasshopper. Well said on the answer.