2004: The VS-2480DVD

In January 2004, Roland announced its latest model in the 2480 series, the VS-2480DVD, shown in Figure 1.12.

Figure 1.12. Roland VS-2480 DVD Digital Studio Workstation

Highlights of the VS-2480DVD

The new VS-2480DVD was identical to the VS-2480CD, but now included is an internal DVD-RW drive instead of a CD-RW drive. The DVD-RW drive allowed users to burn up to 4.7GB of song data to a single DVD-R or DVD-RW disc. The VS-2480DVD also supported the new VS8F-3 Plug-in effects expansion board.

Software Upgrades

Like the VS-2480CD, the VS-2480DVD and the VS-2480 use the exact same operating system code. Since the introduction of the VS-2480DVD, there have been only minor operating system upgrades.