Video Single Disc (VSD) is a disc-based format that carried the same analog video information as a LaserDisc, but on a 12-centimetre (4.75 inch) diameter CD-sized disc. It was spearheaded by Sony and was released in Japan in 1990.[2][3] It was a new variety of laserdisc and variation on the CD Video (CD-V) format, except that VSD disc carried only a video track (of up to 5 minutes' duration), and its associated audio, with no CD-compatible partition. The disc is the same size as a standard CD and holds five minutes of video with digital sound.[1][4] It did not have any additional audio tracks like CD-V. Like CD-V, VSD discs could be played back by multi-disc or LaserDisc players that had VSD playback capability.[5]
^Weekly Television Digest, with Consumer Electronics - 1990 “New laserdisc format — Video Single Disc (VSD) — is due in Japan next month. The 4.75" disc is same size as standard CD, but carries 5 min. of video and audio”.
^Video Magazine - Volume 14, Issue 8 - Page 17. “A new variety of laserdisc called the video single disc (VSD) has hit the Japanese market. Intended for use in combi players, the five-inch CD-sized discs hold five minutes of video with digital sound, and list for about $8 in Japan. Though plans for its U.S. introduction have not been announced, VSD is seen as a possible replacement for the failing CD-Video format, which has confused the public with its odd combination of five minutes of video and 20 of audio”.
^Telecommunications update - Volume 6 - Page 27 - “A new laserdisc format — video single disc (VSD) - is due in Japan. The 4.75 inch disc is the size of a standard CD, but carries five minutes of video and audio so it can be played in a multidisc player”.