Samsung SD-616T won't play last 2 to 3 minutes of some DVD's

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firmware update will cure visit Samsung site, f503 firmware I think is
latest for that drive
"Steve" <abc@123.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> My DVD player (Samsung SD-616T, Dell Part #2C242) plays through until the
> last 2 to 4 minutes and then the picture freezes while the player
continues
> to turn and the green seek light continues to blink. I am using Windows
> Media Player 9 and Windows XP on a Dell Dimension 8300 (2.8 GHz with 1 GB
> RAM). The disk is clean and this behavior doesn't happen with all movies.
> Other than this the player has no problem reading CD's or DVD's, just the
> playing of the last few minutes of some DVD's is a problem.
>
> Here is the link to the Samsung product page if that is helpful:
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http://www.samsung.com/Products/CD [...] D_616T.htm
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> The firmware is version F310
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> Thanks, Steve.
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