Toshiba SDK610 firmware?

[bevills1]

Are there any firmware updates for the Toshiba SDK610 player? Mine doesn't play +R/RW media, and a search of this site's reviews shows some users can play +R/RW while others can't at https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers?DVDname=toshiba+sdk610&Submit=Search&Search=Search...y=Name&hits=25
A search of this site as well as Toshiba site finds no firmware updates.

[ntscuser]

When you say your's "doesn't play +R/RW media", youve tried it with every possible combination of media, burner and authoring software?

[bevills1]

I've tried it with Nero, DVDDecrypter and DVDShrink as well as copies from LiteOn LVW-5005 standalone recorder with several different media. It plays all -R media tried but none of the +R media tried with exception of LiteOn copies of which none play regardless of media type.

[bevills1]

Changing book type on my DVD burner and writing DVD +R media as DVD-ROM produces DVD backups that play on my Toshiba SDK610 player. This causes me to wonder whether users at https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers?DVDname=toshiba+sdk610&Su ... mp;hits=25 who were able to play DVD +R backups on that player may have recorded backup as DVD-ROM thus enabling playback on the player without realizing the reason for it. I was also surprised to see just today a Toshiba SD3990 advertised for sale, and it too shows DVD -R compatibility but not DVD +R compatibility. I'd have thought all players would support both formats by now, but obviously not.

Now my next test will be to see whether DVDDecrypter iso read and iso write to DVD +R media writing as DVD-ROM to make copies of DVD backups made on the LiteOn LVW-5005 standalone recorder which before now would not play on the Toshiba DVD player regardless of whether -R or +R media was used. This was really my main reason for wanting book type change capability, and I suspect this should work. Until somebody figures out how to change book type on the LiteOn, this will be a decent solution if it works.