Samsung bd-p1500 wont play dvds

The player needs a firmware update. Your issue is a direct result of this. Go to the Samsung website to access the appropriate download or simply connect your player to your modem with an ethernet cable (TV needs to remain connected to player for menu navigation) and update firmware.

This will solve your problem!

Hope I helped!

These are newer type disks, with enhanced options, more advanced than what the player can process. You will have to upgrade the firmware of the player. It can be found at this page, along with the instructions on how to do it
http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/search/supportSearchModelResult.do?menu=SP01&searchWord=BDP1500&default_searchInputBox_value=Enter+model+number+or+keywords&searchInputBox=+BD-P1500&find_button=

http://www.samsung.com/au/support/detail/supportPrdDetail.do?menu=SP01&prd_mdl_cd=BD-P1500%2FXSA&prd_mdl_name=BD-P1500&prd_ia_sub_class_cd=P

OR GO TO
www.samsung.com click Support then Downloads and enter your model number. There's instructions for downloading firmware and loading via usb stick or cd.

Hope this helps!

most of the times a firmware upgrade would fix this problem.

The non-blu-ray laser lens needs cleaning.

Try not to use a blast of compressed air.

Radio Shack has a lens cleaner ($13). it is an audio CD with a row of brushes on it.
Read & follow the directions.

it seems that samsung is posting it's firm updates online @ samsung.com i had same problem with my BD-UP5000 its connected to the internet when i go to the menue to update on the bluray player it said i had the latest update went online and found a new firmware on there web site, check samsung web site

If its not a Blu-Ray disc, it wont have new technology that the Blu-Ray does not have installed so its unlikely a firmware update wil fix this as its generally for new Blu-Rays.

Does the disc playback in another player?

Is it the correct region code?

Do all other DVD-Video play ok?

Nope. The laser mechanism seems to have developed a preference of its won and refuses to work with DVD media.
You have already done a firmware update so that is ng. Could be that when you updated it to play newer blue rays, the update messed up unit for dvd playback. Happens.

But do not sweat - that unit has a one year warranty - use it.

hey same problem here, but I just downloaded the CD version anyways... then dropped the .RUF file onto my desktop, selected it, burnt it to a CD-R (RW will also work) and popped it into the BD-P1500, so far it seems to be running along steadily in the update process... hope this solves your problem.