Can't play Blu Ray disks on my Samsung R610

Hi firma,

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, but check ou tthis link to the SH -S223F firmware:

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/FIRMWARE/Samsung/Samsung-SH-S223F-DVD-Writer-Firmware-SB03.shtml

I also found this:
This optical drive is a Plug 'n Play device in Windows OS's. The only requirement is connection to a WORKING SATA controller. Check in Device Manager to insure the sata controller is working/enabled and you shouldn't have any problem. Windows will auto-detect / auto-install the drive without user intervention once this condition has been met.

Additionally, you will need 3rd. party recording and dvd decoding software in order to use all the functions this drive was built to perform, ie: play dvd movie disks and record to dvd and cd-rw disks. Windows is sorta limited on what all it will support.... that's the reason for the additional 3rd. party software like Nero or Roxio and PowerDVD or WinDVD.

Here is a link to InfraRecorder:
http://infrarecorder.org/

WinDVD:
http://windvd.en.softonic.com/

PowerDVD:
http://powerdvd.en.softonic.com/

Nero:
http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nbl-free.php

Hope this helps, let me know how you made out in a comment, if you need more help, feel free to ask in the comment.

You have to finalize the disc

I did this, so I then went back on manufacturers web site and downloaded from global site then selecting my country, downloaded cd version which you can then burn onto disk using nero 9 (Free Trail on net) .Then just insert disk into player and it should correct problem

Yes it has BluRay disk drive.
see details

The latest Blu-ray optical disc drive* lets you enjoy full 1080 pixel High Definition (HD) content, including 7.1 channel surround sound, so you can experience the perfect image and sound reproduction.
* Based on factory specification.

The laptop is capable to play Blue ray disc. Refer to manual and rectify the issue.

or refer to

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060 for solution

The latest upgrade is ver 1.9. It is a downloadable ISO in zip file format. Samsung recommends Nero to burn this. Burn this to a CD-R not a DVD. I also suggest burning at a slow speed... IE 10x and trying high quality media IE .... Verbatim. 90% of the problems are related to poor quality media or too high a burn speed. This disk has to be highly accurate for it to work correctly. I've updated over 40 of these particular players.

if you are using dvd+ - R dvd disks you will need to finalize the disks on your recorder once you are done with the recording before it can be played on other players

Make sure you have finalised the disk, otherwise it won't play back on other players. Also there are two standards that you can use to record onto disks, video mode or VR mode. Video mode was the original standard but it wouldn't let you edit or add anything to the recording afterwards but it is more compatible with other players. VR mode allows you to edit the recording but is less compatible for playback on other players.

best bet get video on hard drive computer 1st then use nero make your movie and then burn no faste rthen 8x

Could be your using the wrong disc.
type is DVD-R where - is a minus as distinct from DVD+R